GENETIC-VARIATION IN PRE-MATING PERIOD OF THE MASS-REARED MELON FLY, BACTROCERA-CUCURBITAE (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE)

Authors
MIYATAKE T
Citation
T. Miyatake, GENETIC-VARIATION IN PRE-MATING PERIOD OF THE MASS-REARED MELON FLY, BACTROCERA-CUCURBITAE (DIPTERA, TEPHRITIDAE), Applied Entomology and Zoology, 33(1), 1998, pp. 29-33
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Applied Entomology and Zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036862
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
29 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6862(1998)33:1<29:GIPPOT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Genetic variability of the pre-mating period in the mass-reared melon fly was evaluated by a quantitative genetic method for each sex. Males had heritable variation in pre-mating period, whereas in females no s ignificant heritability was found. The long-term mass-reared melon fli es had a shorter pre-mating period than the short-term reared flies. P ossible selection pressure on flies during the mass-rearing of the Oki nawa Prefecture is discussed.