Mating Competitiveness of Sterile male Drosophila suzukii Under Different Atmosphere Condition

¹ University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
² Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles: Dakar, Dakar, SN
³ Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement: Paris, FR
⁴ Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Insect Pest Control Subprogramme, Joint FAO/IAEA, Vienna, Austria

Academic Editor: Junwei (Jerry) Zhu

Published: 01 July 2021 by MDPI in The 1st International Electronic Conference on Entomology session Pest Management

https://doi.org/10.3390/IECE-10494

Abstract:

The implementation of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control Drosophila suzukii requires the released sterile males to compete with their wild counterparts. We performed multiple-choice mating tests to assess the effect of irradiation and atmosphere treatments on the mating competitiveness of sterile males under laboratory conditions. Overall, irradiation and atmosphere treatments did not influence the sterile males’ ability to compete with the untreated counterparts.

Keywords: Sterile insect technique; pest managment; hypoxia; irradiation; drosophila

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