Egg hatch (%) of three strains of Mediterranean fruit fly, presenting the effect of irradiation on males and females at different generations under mass-rearing conditions (10 days of egg collection for each generation were tested for successful hatching).

For the sterile sex of each one of the following combinations, the sterilizing dose was 100 Gy delivered from Co60 source. Average and standard deviation of egg hatch percentage are presented, total number of eggs examined are presented in parenthesis.