Abstract
When male sweetpotato weevils, Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Summers) were exposed to 18,000 R of gamma rays and then mated with untreated virgin females, egg hatch was reduced to less than 1%. Irradiated males competed favorably with untreated males for virgin females. Matings involving 4 sterile males, 4 untreated males, and 4 untreated virgin females had an average of 55% egg Eatch. There was no subsequent reduction in the number of progeny produced when virgin females were first mated with untreated males and later with irradiated males. Radiosensitivity decreased as the age of the weevils increased. Utilization of a sterile-male method for control of the sweetpotato weevil is discussed.
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