Ma, C., Zhan, G., Zhong, Y., Liu, B., Gao, X., Xu, L., & Wang, Y. 2019 Effects of X-Ray Irradiation on the Eggs and Females of Dysmicoccus lepelleyi (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 112(1):134–138

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irradiation

Notes: This study found that irradiation at 100 Gy resulted in 100% mortality of 1–3-d-old eggs of D. lepelleyi but that 1.69% eggs laid by the irradiated females developed to first instars, indicating the radio-tolerance was slightly different between the eggs before and after oviposition. Similarly, the radio-tolerance for eggs was decreased slightly after their oviposition in Pseudococcus comstocki(Kuwana)