Title: Selection for Flight Propensity of Laboratory and Wild Strains of Anastrepha suspensa and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)1
Abstract: A laboratory strain of a Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspense (Loew), and wild and laboratory strains of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), displayed improved flight propensity after selection procedures in the laboratory. The trait increased gradually after successive generations of rearing and remained high in both species after selection pressure was ceascd. The greatest magnitude of increase was 3-fold for a laboratory strain of A. suspensa, 3-fold for a laboratory strain of C. capitata, and 1.7-fold for a wild strain of C. capitata. The work provides a method to improve flight propensity among laboratory-reared insects as an alternative to the introduction of wild insects into the gene pool.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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