| Title: | Selection by mating competitiveness improves the performance of Anastrepha ludens males of the genetic sexing strain Tapachula-7 |
| Author(s): | Quintero-Fong L; Toledo J; Ruiz L; Rendon P; Orozco-Davila D; Cruz L; Liedo P; |
| Address: | "El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR),Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km. 2.5,30700 Tapachula,Chiapas,Mexico. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Technical Cooperation-Latin-America,Guatemala City,Zona 10,Guatemala. Programa Moscafrut,Camino a los Cacahotales S/N. CP.,30860, Metapa de Dominguez,Chiapas,Mexico" |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0007485316000316 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1475-2670 (Electronic) 0007-4853 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The sexual performance of Anastrepha ludens males of the Tapachula-7 genetic sexing strain, produced via selection based on mating success, was compared with that of males produced without selection in competition with wild males. Mating competition, development time, survival, mass-rearing quality parameters and pheromone production were compared. The results showed that selection based on mating competitiveness significantly improved the sexual performance of offspring. Development time, survival of larvae, pupae and adults, and weights of larvae and pupae increased with each selection cycle. Differences in the relative quantity of the pheromone compounds (Z)-3-nonenol and anastrephin were observed when comparing the parental males with the F4 and wild males. The implications of this colony management method on the sterile insect technique are discussed" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Competitive Behavior *Mating Preference, Animal Pest Control, Biological/methods Sex Attractants/analysis/chemistry/metabolism Sexual Behavior, Animal Tephritidae/*physiology Mexican fruit fly genetic sexing strain mass rearing mating competitiven;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineQuintero-Fong, L Toledo, J Ruiz, L Rendon, P Orozco-Davila, D Cruz, L Liedo, P eng England 2016/05/25 Bull Entomol Res. 2016 Oct; 106(5):624-32. doi: 10.1017/S0007485316000316. Epub 2016 May 24" |
