Laboratory Quality Control Studies Of Sterility In Boll Weevils Produced For The Mississippi Pilot Eradication Experiment

Excerpt from Laboratory Quality-Control Studies of Sterility in Boll Weevils Produced for the Mississippi Pilot Eradication Experiment By quality-control testing we mean the frequent monitoring of sterility in samples of treated weevils under carefully standardized conditions. A high-quality weevil is one that is permanently sterilized and which is still capable of competing with wild untreated males. Overall competitiveness or effectiveness of sterile males in the field depends on a number of factors such as the ability to produce pheromone and motile sperm, the capacity to mate, the level ofsterility, and mean longevity. We concerned ourselves only with the last two qualities, steril ity and longevity; they are of prime importance and can be measured easily under routine lab oratory conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.