Evaluation of Quality Production Parameters and Mating Behavior of Novel Genetic Sexing Strains of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Polychronis Rempoulakis; Gustavo Taret; Ihsan ul Haq; Viwat Wornayporn; Sohel Ahmad; Ulysses Sto Tomas; Thilakasiri Dammalage; Keke Gembinsky; Gerald Franz; Carlos Cáceres; Marc J. B. Vreysen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157679

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Evaluation of Quality Production Parameters and Mating Behavior of Novel Genetic Sexing Strains of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Polychronis Rempoulakis ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Polychronis Rempoulakis, Gustavo Taret

Affiliations Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
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Gustavo Taret ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Polychronis Rempoulakis, Gustavo Taret

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Ihsan ul Haq ,

* E-mail: imihsan@yahoo.com

Affiliations Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Viwat Wornayporn,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Sohel Ahmad,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Ulysses Sto Tomas,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Thilakasiri Dammalage,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Keke Gembinsky,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Gerald Franz,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Carlos Cáceres,

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Marc J. B. Vreysen

Affiliation Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
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Evaluation of Quality Production Parameters and Mating Behavior of Novel Genetic Sexing Strains of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Polychronis Rempoulakis,
Gustavo Taret,
Ihsan ul Haq,
Viwat Wornayporn,
Sohel Ahmad,
Ulysses Sto Tomas,
Thilakasiri Dammalage,
Keke Gembinsky,
Gerald Franz,
Carlos Cáceres

Published: June 23, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157679

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