What is it about?
We are exploring the potential for the sterile insect technique and this paper reports histological and other methods to determine the effects of radiation on the insects.
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Why is it important?
Stink bugs are building in importance and several species are highly invasive hitchhikers, such as the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug. This study shows the effects of a high dose on spermatogenesis.
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This study was designed to support work on sterility of irradiated male stink bugs
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: Effect of 40Gy irradiation on the ultrastructure, biochemistry, morphology and cytology during spermatogenesis in the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), August 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
DOI: 10.1101/171991.
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