Mohammad Ashraf
United States Department of Agriculture
12 Papers
34 Citations
Mohammad Ashraf is an academic researcher from United States Department of Agriculture. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dacus & Tephritidae. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 12 publications.
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Papers
Melon Flies: Dosage-Response and Sexual Competitiveness After Treatment with Gamma Irradiation in a Nitrogen Atmosphere
TL;DR: Recovery of fertility with time occurred in malestreated in nitrogen as 2-day-old adults, although not in males treated in nitrogen in the late pupal stage, however, mortality in males treating in nitrogen at 6 wk was about twice that of the former groups.
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Rearing of Oriental Fruit Flies: a Need for Wheat Germ in Larval Diet Containing Bagasse, a Non-Nutritive Bulking Agent
TL;DR: When powdered sugarcane bagasse was substituted for wheat shorts in the larval diet of the oriental fruit fly, Dacus dorsalis Hendel, satisfactory development of larvae was obtained only when the yeast level was increased from 3–9% and when at least 3% wheat germ was added.
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Gamma Irradiation of the Melon Fly: Laboratory Studies of the Sterility and Sexual Competitiveness of Treated Adults,
TL;DR: Five-day-old male melon flies treated by gamma irradiation in ambient atmosphere were 99.8 percent sterilized by a dose of 15 krad, and no advantage is gained by irradiating flies in the adult stage.
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Reproductive biology and radiation sterilization of the sugarcane top borer, Tryporyza nivella
TL;DR: Reproductive biology and gamma sterilization of the sugarcane top borer, Tryporyza nivella F., were investigated under laboratory conditions and females were found to mate only once.
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Species‐, age‐, and sex‐specific susceptibility of Mediterranean fruit flies 1 , oriental fruit flies 1 , and melon flies 1 to carbon dioxide 2
TL;DR: Female medflies and oriental fruit flies were generally affected more by CO2 exposure than were males, and Melon files were the least affected of the tested species by anesthetization with CO2.
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