• DOI:10.1093/jee/tow207
Corpus ID: 24873193

Effect of Irradiation on Queen Survivorship and Reproduction in the Invasive Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a Proposed Phytosanitary Irradiation Treatment for Ants.

@article{Follett2016EffectOI,
  title={Effect of Irradiation on Queen Survivorship and Reproduction in the Invasive Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a Proposed Phytosanitary Irradiation Treatment for Ants.},
  author={P. Follett and Sol Porcel and L. Calcaterra},
  journal={Journal of economic entomology},
  year={2016},
  volume={109 6},
  pages={
          2348-2354
        }
}

• P. Follett, Sol Porcel, L. Calcaterra
• Published 2016
• Biology, Medicine
• Journal of economic entomology

We studied radiation tolerance in queens of the red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) to identify a dose that prevents reproduction. Virgin or fertile queens were collected from Santa Fe and Formosa provinces in Argentina and reared in the laboratory in microcolonies. Virgin queens were irradiated at 0 (control), 70, 90, 120, or 150 Gy, and fertile queens were irradiated at 0, 60, 125, and 190 Gy, and then followed for 11 wk in the microcolonies to evaluate… Expand

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