
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beattie, GAC 
A1  - McDonald, FJD 
A1  - Whitten, MJ 
T1  - Population control in the Australian sheep blowfly, <I>Lucilia cuprina</I>, by the release of female-borne chemosterilant. II.* Sterilization under field cage conditions
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1974
VL  - 25
IS  - 6
SP  - 1005
EP  - 1013
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9741005 
N2  - Females of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann), topically treated with the chemosterilant N,N'-hexamethylene-bis(1-aziridinecarboxamide), were liberated into large field cages containing untreated flies to determine if sterilizing doses of chemosterilant were transferred to untreated flies. Full sterility was induced in cages carrying equal numbers of untreated males, untreated females and females treated with 300 or 600 &#181;g of chemosterilant. In other cages, one female treated with 600 &#181;g of chemosterilant for every five untreated flies of each sex had a similar effect but lower levels of sterility were obtained with higher ratios of untreated to treated flies. Transfer of chemosterilant appeared to occur through contact during mating, attempted matings, and between flies of both sexes at the oviposition site.  ___________________ *Part I, Aust. J. Agric. Res., 25: 995 (1974). 
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