Monochamus alternatus is one of the insect vector of pine wilt disease with Monochamus saltuarius. The present study aimed to investigate the dose to induce sterile and the effect of sterility according to the gender of M. alternatus. As the electron beam irradiation dose increased, the longevity of the mid and late maturation feeding stage of adults was slightly reduced. However, there was no difference between these two adults. In addition, female adults were more sensitive to the electron beam than the male adults. Hatchability of the F1 generation of ♂T×♀N or ♀T×♂N (T: 200 Gy electron beam irradiation, N: 0 Gy) was completely suppressed. As electron beam irradiation dose increased, the fecundity of female adults were slightly decreased. Results by comet assay showed that electron beam irradiation induced as dose increased DNA damage in M. alternatus adults. These results suggest that SIT using electron beam may be useful for control of M. alternatus.

• Woo Seong Cho(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Seung-Hwan Yun(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Young-Dae Kwon(Gyeonggi Forestry Environment Research Center)
• Gun Hyung Kwon(Gyeonggi Forestry Environment Research Center)
• Jun-Seok Lee(Osang Kinsect Co., Ltd.)
• Cheol-Hak Kim(Osang Kinsect Co., Ltd.)
• Hyun-Na Koo(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
• Gil-Hah Kim(Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University)