Larval release method for genetic control of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

1978 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. Foster ◽  
M. J. Whitten ◽  
W. G. Vogt ◽  
T. L. Woodburn ◽  
J. T. Arnold
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Control ◽  
Adult Stage ◽  
Lucilia Cuprina ◽  
Larval Release ◽  
Australian Sheep ◽  
Progeny Tests ◽  
Free Falling ◽  
Release Method ◽  
Third Instar Larvae

AbstractA method for releasing genetically altered strains of Lucilia cuprina (Wied.) as free-falling larvae from aircraft was tested. Full-fed genetically marked third-instar larvae were released from aircraft flying at a height of 150 m and speeds of 120 or 220 km/h. Progeny tests of adult flies trapped subsequently indicated that released male larvae survived to the adult stage and were competitive with wild males for females.

scholarly journals Genetic Analysis of Field Trials of Sex-linked Translocation Strains for Genetic Control of the Australian Sheep Blowfly Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann)

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
GG Foster ◽  
WG Vogt ◽  
TL Woodburn
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Analysis ◽  
Genetic Control ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Lucilia Cuprina ◽  
Native Population ◽  
Australian Sheep ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Progeny Tests ◽  
Release Method

The results of progeny tests of males and females captured during two field trials of sex-linked translocation strains for genetic control of L. cuprina are presented. Males released as mature larvae survived to adulthood and mated with field females. However, the levels of genetic death introduced into the population were insufficient to suppress the native population. This was due partly to seasonal ineffectiveness of the release method, and partly to poor performance of the released males. On average, the mating competitiveness of the released males was only one-third that of field males, whereas their field-reared, translocation-bearing sons were fully competitive with native males.

Improved transgenic sexing strains for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina using embryo-specific gene promoters

2019 ◽  
Vol 295 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Yan ◽  
Megan E. Williamson ◽  
Rebecca J. Davis ◽  
Anne A. Andere ◽  
Christine J. Picard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Control ◽  
Lucilia Cuprina ◽  
Specific Gene ◽  
Gene Promoters ◽  
Blow Fly ◽  
Australian Sheep

Transgenic sexing system for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 80-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fang Li ◽  
Holly A. Wantuch ◽  
Rebecca J. Linger ◽  
Esther J. Belikoff ◽  
Maxwell J. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Control ◽  
Lucilia Cuprina ◽  
Blow Fly ◽  
Australian Sheep

scholarly journals Ecological Analysis of Field Trials Conducted to Assess the Potential of Sex-linked Translocation Strains for Genetic Control of the Australian Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann)

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
WG Vogt ◽  
TL Woodburn ◽  
GG Foster
Keyword(s):  
Mass Rearing ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
Larval Release ◽  
Ecological Analysis ◽  
Mating Ability ◽  
Eye Colour ◽  
Australian Sheep ◽  
Release Method ◽  
Do So

Field trials were conducted with translocation/eye colour (TE) strains of L. cuprina to measure the mating ability of the males under field conditions and assess their potential for suppressing sheep blowfly populations. Rates of increase in L. cuprina were highest in spring (3' 6-9' 1 per generation), consistently low during summer (0'1-0'6 per generation) and somewhat higher during autumn (1'1-3'4 per generation). The TE strains released had the potential to prevent population increases of this magnitude. Their failure to do so during these trials resulted from their low mating competitiveness (0' 33) relative to that of field-reared males (1 . 0), inadequacy of the larval release method and the limited capacity of the experimental mass-rearing facility.

scholarly journals Diazinon resistance, fluctuating asymmetry and fitness in the Australian sheep blowfly, lucilia cuprina.

Genetics ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A McKenzie ◽  
G M Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Fluctuating Asymmetry ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Lucilia Cuprina ◽  
Resistance Locus ◽  
Gene Complex ◽  
Subsequent Evolution ◽  
Genetic Analyses ◽  
Evolution Of Resistance ◽  
Australian Sheep ◽  
Chromosome Iii

Abstract Genetic evidence suggests that the evolution of resistance to the insecticide diazinon in Lucilia cuprina initially produced an increase in asymmetry. At that time resistant flies were presumed to be at a selective disadvantage in the absence of diazinon. Subsequent evolution in natural populations selected modifiers to ameliorate these effects. The fitness and fluctuating asymmetry levels of resistant flies are currently similar to those of susceptibles. Previous genetic analyses have shown the fitness modifier to co-segregate with the region of chromosome III marked by the white eyes, w, locus, unlinked to the diazinon resistance locus, Rop-1, on chromosome IV. This study maps the asymmetry modifier to the same region, shows, as in the case of the fitness modifier, its effect to be dominant and presents data consistent with the fitness/asymmetry modifier being the same gene (gene complex). These results suggest changes in fluctuating asymmetry reflect changes in fitness.

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