1Division of Entomology, Faculty of Horticulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology-Kashmir, Shalimar, 190025, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Department of Physics, GLA University, Mathura, 281406, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Email: shaanmohsin1@gmail.com (corresponding author) ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6820-1413
Online Published on 17 May, 2023.
The effect of ionizing radiation from 50 to 450 Gy on the eggs and larvae 100 to 1500 Gy. on larvae of greater wax moth Galleria mellonella L. The results revealed that the egg hatchability reduced to 50% at 102.70 Gy. In the most radiation resistant eggs, 350 Gy resulted in no pupal formation while a dose of 250 Gy resulted in no adult formation. Within 51.53 hr, a dose of 500 Gy reduced the larval survival to 50%. With 148, 574 and 680 Gy, the proportion of larvae that matured into adults reduced to 50%, 10%, and 0%, respectively. A radiation dose between 300 and 400 Gy was found adequate for egg sterilization and larval mortality.
Galleria mellonella, Gamma radiation, Lethal dose, Radiation dose, 50-1500 Gy, Egg hatchability, Pupation, Adult formation, Egg sterilization, Larval mortality
