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Science 7 September 1962:
Vol. 137. no. 3532, pp. 754 - 755
DOI: 10.1126/science.137.3532.754
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Sterility in the Mexican Fruit Fly Caused by Chemicals

J. G. Shaw 1 and M. Sanchez Riviello 1

1 Entomology Research Division, U. S. Agricultural Research Service, Mexico City, Mexico

Chlorambucil, 4-{p-[bis(2-chloroethyl) amino] phenyl} butyrate, administered in food to the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha Iudens (Loew) inhibits the growth of testes and reduces egg hatch to almost nothing. Oviposition is not affected. The compound 4-amino-1H-pyrazolo (3.4-d) pyrimidine sulfate inhibits the growth of ovaries and reduces oviposition and fertility.

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