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Scientist seen inserting the fruit flies into the dispersing tube. Photo - Positive 1966 - 1966 TitreScientist seen inserting the fruit flies into the dispersing tube. DescriptionBATTERY REARING OF FRUIT FLIES In many areas of the world the Mediterranean fruit fly destroys millions of dollars worth of fruit every year. As an adjunct to chemical pesticides, which are not always practical, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) are combining to develop the “sterile male" technique as a means of overcoming the menace. This involves the release of millions of artificially released flies after sterilising them with gamma irradiation. The sterile males mate with females and steadily reduce the birth rate. At the Seibersdorf Laboratory of the IAEA near the Vienna headquarters the problems of rearing the enormous numbers necessary, of devising cheaper means of feeding them, and of releasing them from aeroplanes are being investigated. The photo shows the dispersing tube and the way in which paper bags containing flies are inserted, the angles being as they occur in an aircraft. The paper bag is sucked over the hinged knives and the flies are blown out as the bag sticks momentarily on the hook. IAEA/May 1966/No/ 1525, 1527 PLEASE CREDIT IAEA Type de materiau Photo - Positive CréateurIAEA SujetSeibersdorf, Austria, Insect pest control; Flies Titulaire des droits Notes: Free access / restricted use Ligne de créditCredit IAEA Déclaration de couleurBlack and White OrientationLandscape RéférenceIAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01-01-C0204-001 Référence alternatif12921/26 (external) IAEA/May 1966/No. 1525 (internal) Retirer Ajouter Navigateur hiérarchique International Atomic Energy Agency (1 parties) Historical Archives (9 parties) Audio-Visual Collection (5 parties) Photographic Collection (2 parties) Historical Photos (2 parties) Historical photos until 1980 (784 parties) Series of photographs of scientists handling fruit flies for irradiation at the laboratory at Seibersdorf. (24 parties) Scientist seen inserting the fruit flies into the dispersing tube.

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1966 - 1966

TitreScientist seen inserting the fruit flies into the dispersing tube.
DescriptionBATTERY REARING OF FRUIT FLIES In many areas of the world the Mediterranean fruit fly destroys millions of dollars worth of fruit every year. As an adjunct to chemical pesticides, which are not always practical, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) are combining to develop the “sterile male" technique as a means of overcoming the menace. This involves the release of millions of artificially released flies after sterilising them with gamma irradiation. The sterile males mate with females and steadily reduce the birth rate. At the Seibersdorf Laboratory of the IAEA near the Vienna headquarters the problems of rearing the enormous numbers necessary, of devising cheaper means of feeding them, and of releasing them from aeroplanes are being investigated. The photo shows the dispersing tube and the way in which paper bags containing flies are inserted, the angles being as they occur in an aircraft. The paper bag is sucked over the hinged knives and the flies are blown out as the bag sticks momentarily on the hook. IAEA/May 1966/No/ 1525, 1527 PLEASE CREDIT IAEA
Type de materiau Photo - Positive
CréateurIAEA
SujetSeibersdorf, Austria, Insect pest control; Flies
Titulaire des droits

Notes: Free access / restricted use
Ligne de créditCredit IAEA
Déclaration de couleurBlack and White
OrientationLandscape
RéférenceIAEA-ARC-AV-PH-01-01-C0204-001
Référence alternatif12921/26 (external)
IAEA/May 1966/No. 1525 (internal)

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