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FAO/IAEA/USDA Manual FAO/IAEA/USDA Manual for Product Quality Control and Shipping Procedures for Sterile Mass-Reared Tephritid Fruit Flies
Version 5.0, May 2003












436 kb FRONTPAGE [pdf]
122 kb TABLE OF CONTENTS [pdf]
190 kb 1. INTRODUCTION [pdf]
    1.1. SCOPE
    1.2. BACKGROUND
    1.3. RATIONALE
    1.4. DATA ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION
    1.5. RELEVANT LITERATURE
1,491 kb 2. REQUIRED ROUTINE QUALITY CONTROL TESTS [pdf]
    2.1. PUPAL SIZE TEST
    2.2. PERCENT EMERGENCE AND FLIGHT ABILITY
    2.3. TEST FOR LONGEVITY UNDER STRESS
    2.4. SEX RATIO AND TIMING OF EMERGENCE
    2.5. STERILITY TEST
    2.6. GUIDELINES ON SAMPLING INSECTS FOR ROUTINE QC TESTS
    2.7. RELEVANT LITERATURE
951 kb 3. REQUIRED PERIODIC QUALITY CONTROL TESTS [pdf]
    3.1. MATING PERFORMANCE FIELD CAGE TEST
    3.2. RELEASE-RECAPTURE TESTS OF DISPERSAL AND SURVIVAL
    3.3. RELEVANT LITERATURE
1,196 kb 4. IRRADIATION PROCEDURES [pdf]
    4.1. DEVELOPMENT STAGE/AGE OF INSECTS
    4.2. PRE-IRRADIATION PROCEDURES
    4.3. IRRADIATION AND PROCESS CONTROL
    4.4. RELEVANT LITERATURE
259 kb 5. DOSIMETRY [pdf]
    5.1. DOSIMETRY SYSTEM
    5.2. ESTABLISHING TRACEABILITY
    5.3. CALIBRATION OF GAFCHROMIC® DOSIMETRY SYSTEM
    5.4. UNCERTAINTY
    5.5. RELEVANT LITERATURE
843 kb 6. SHIPPING PROCEDURES [pdf]
    6.1. PACKAGING PROCEDURES
    6.2. SHIPPING AND HANDLING PROCEDURES
    6.3. SHIPPING DOCUMENTS
    6.4. RELEVANT LITERATURE
393 kb 7. FORMS FOR RECORDING QUALITY CONTROL DATA [pdf]
    7.1. PUPAL SIZE ASSESSMENT FORM
    7.2. EMERGENCE AND FLIGHT ABILITY ASSESSMENT FORM
    7.3. STRESS ASSESSMENT FORM
    7.4. SEX RATIO ASSESSMENT FORM
    7.5. MATING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FORM
    7.6. GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF INDICES OF MATING PERFORMANCE
    7.7. DATASHEET FOR SHIPMENT OF STERILE PUPAE
422 kb APPENDICES [pdf]