Re: Irradiation of Med Fly

[Holloway3@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/21/1998 4:23:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
rss@arach.net.au writes:

<< Can anyone  comment on the last three questions which relate to methods
 which allow the use of lower doses to produce the same sterilisation yield.
 A lower dose will allow a shorter exposure time and an increased
 through-put rates. >>

Most likely the workers who invented the method had reasons for using the dose
that is currently used.  A good place to start would be to go back to the
original literature that discusses the development of the method.  That is
always a good place to start if you want to answer a question like yours.

                                                   R. Holloway
                                                   holloway3@aol.com

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