
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Smart, P 
A1  - Gilmour, D 
T1  - Population control in the Australian sheep blowfly, <I>Lucilia cuprina</I>, by the release of female-borne chemosterilant. I. Female to male transfer of chemosterilant during mating
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1974
VL  - 25
IS  - 6
SP  - 995
EP  - 1004
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9740995 
N2  - N,N'-tetramethylene-bis-(1-aziridinecarboxamide), applied topically, sterilized male and female Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) at a dose of 10 &#181;g per fly. Females tolerated 800 &#181;g per fly. A female 'booby-trapped' with 400 &#181;g of sterilant could transfer a sterilizing dose to a male during copulation. Booby-trapped females were sexually attractive and sterile males were as sexually vigorous as fertile males. The introduction of either booby-trapped females or sterilized males into cage populations caused a greater drop in fertility than expected, but the effect was probably due more to unspecific contact between flies than to mating contacts. 
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