Table 1 Release dates, number of sterile males delivered from Italy, mortality of PPF-coated SIT males, residual presence of females and actual number of PPF-coated sterile males/ha/week, at the 15-ha treated site in Vravrona area, Attica Region, Greece, in 2023.
Release date | No. of sterile males delivered from Italy | Mortality of PPF-coated sterile males (%) | Residual presence of females (%) | No of released PPF-coated sterile males (after mortality) | No of released PPF-coated sterile males/ha/week (after mortality) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 May | 87,500 | 40.1 | 0.36 | 52,296 | 3,486 |
19 May | 50,000 | 29.9 | 0.25 | 34,996 | 2,333 |
26 May | 58,000 | 26.6 | 0.55 | 42,469 | 2,831 |
2 June | 58,000 | 36.0 | 0.68 | 36,948 | 2,463 |
9 June | 58,000 | 15.3 | 1.16 | 49,042 | 3,269 |
16 June | 78,000 | 10.0 | 0.38 | 70,190 | 4,679 |
14 July (MRR) | 78,000 | 34.0 | 0.73 | 51,259 | 3,417 |
21 July (MRR) | 78,000 | 21.4 | 0.91 | 61,173 | 4,078 |
1 September | 70,000 | 21.7 | 0.47 | 54,770 | 3,651 |
8 September | 61,000 | 12.4 | 0.51 | 53,413 | 3,561 |
15 September | 77,000 | 14.2 | 0.11 | 66,087 | 4,406 |
22 September | 61,000 | 25.2 | 0.43 | 45,566 | 3,038 |
29 September | 72,000 | 9.1 | 0.35 | 65,390 | 4,359 |
6 October | 58,000 | 23.5 | 0.31 | 44,315 | 2,954 |
Average (± SE) | 67,464 (± 2,964) | 22.8 (± 2.6) | 0.52 (± 0.07) | 51,994 (± 2,889) | 3,466 (± 193) |
Total | 944,500 | N/A | N/A | 727,914 | N/A |
