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Chilling, irradiation and transport of male Glossina palpalis gambiensis pupae: Effect on the emergence, flight ability and survival.
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- Rearing of Glossina morsitans morsitans tsetse flies for the sterile insect technique: evaluating the impact of irradiation and transportation during early and late-stage pupal development on the quality of emerging adults.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2024Article
- X-rays are as effective as gamma-rays for the sterilization of Glossina palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank, 1911 (Diptera: Glossinidae) for use in the sterile insect technique.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Vector competence of sterile male Glossina fuscipes fuscipes for Trypanosoma brucei brucei: implications for the implementation of the sterile insect technique in a sleeping sickness focus in Chad.Parasites & vectors · 2023Article
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- Effect of chilling on pupal developmental arrest and subsequent impact on quality control parameters of adult blowfly,Heliyon · 2023Article
- Radiation dose-fractionation in adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2023Article
- Gamma-radiation of Glossina palpalis gambiensis revisited: effect on fertility and mating competitiveness.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2023Article
- Near-infrared imaging for automated tsetse pupae sex sorting in support of the sterile insect technique.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2023Article
- Quality Control and Mating Performance of IrradiatedInsects · 2022Article
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- Effects of Chilling and Anoxia on the Irradiation Dose-Response in AdultFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
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- The Effect of Radiation on the Gut Bacteriome ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- Optimizing the feeding frequency to maximize the production of sterile males in tsetse mass-rearing colonies.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe sterile insect technique (SIT) requires mass-rearing of the target species, irradiation to induce sexual sterility and transportation from the mass-rearing facility to the target site. Those treatments require several steps that may affect the biological quality of sterile males. This study has been carried out to evaluate the relative impact of chilling, irradiation and transport on emergence rate, flight ability and survival of sterile male Glossina palpalis gambiensis.
resultsChilling, irradiation and transport all affected the quality control parameters studied. The emergence rate was significantly reduced by long chilling periods and transport, i.e. from 92% at the source insectary in Burkina Faso to 78% upon arrival in Senegal. Flight ability was affected by all three parameters with 31% operational flies lost between the production facility and the destination site. Only survival under stress was not affected by any of the treatments.
conclusionThe chilling period and transport were the main factors that impacted significantly the quality of sterile male pupae. Therefore, in the operational programme, the delivery of sterile male pupae was divided over two shipments per week to reduce the chilling time and improve the quality of the sterile males. Quality of the male pupae may further be improved by reducing the transport time and vibrations during transport.
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