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Gamma Radiation Affecting Pupation and Emergence Rates in the Medfly and the South American Fruit Fly

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Fruit Flies

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The biological effects of gamma-radiation on eggs of different age-groups and third instar larvae of two tephritid, medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedmann), and South American fruit fly, SAFF, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedmann), were determined

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  1. A. L. Duarte
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  2. H. J. Targa
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  3. A. Malavasi
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  1. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Km. 2.5 Antigua Carretera a Coatepec, Apartado Postal 63, 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Martin Aluja

  2. Centro de Investigaciones Ecologicas del Sureste, Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km. 2.5, Apartado Postal 36, 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

    Pablo Liedo

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Duarte, A.L., Targa, H.J., Malavasi, A. (1993). Gamma Radiation Affecting Pupation and Emergence Rates in the Medfly and the South American Fruit Fly. In: Aluja, M., Liedo, P. (eds) Fruit Flies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2278-9_58

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