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2. Sterile insect technique - Wikipedia

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   The sterile insect technique (SIT) [1] [2] is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male , as this is more cost-effective and the females may in some situations cause damage by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case of mosquitoes ...

3. List of sterile insect technique trials - Wikipedia

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   The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly method for the biological control of pests using area-wide inundative release of sterile insects to reduce reproduction in a field population of the same species (IPPC, 2007).

4. Biological pest control - Wikipedia

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   Related to biological pest control is the technique of introducing sterile individuals into the native population of some organism. This technique is widely practised with insects: a large number of males sterilized by radiation are released into the environment, which proceed to compete with the native males for females. Those females that ...

5. Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California ...

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   With the sterile-insect program, "the biggest hurdle we're up against really is scalability," said Susanne Kluh, general manager of the L.A. County district, which is responsible for nearly 6 ...

6. Inherited sterility in insects - Wikipedia

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   The F1 sterile progeny produced in the field enhance the efficacy of released partially sterile males, and improve compatibility with other pest control strategies. For example, the presence of F1 sterile progeny can be used to increase the build-up of natural enemies in the field.

7. Chrysomya bezziana - Wikipedia

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   The sterile insect technique (SIT), also known as sterile insect release method (SIRM), is a control method in which sterile insects are released to mate with other wild insects. Usually, the males are sterilized using radiation and then dispersed in a population to compete with wild males.