Pest Species
Glossina palpalis palpalis
Tsetse Flies
Nigeria
Nasarawa State
Control Measure
Synopsis
- This study was conducted between 1980 and 1982
- The study integrated insecticide-impregnated targets, traps and the sterile insect technique to eradicate Glossina palpalis palpalis in an area of the sub-humid zone of Nigeria.
- The study area was 1500 square kilometers
- A minimum sterile:wild male ratio of 10:1 was necessary to eradicate
G. p. palpalis - The sterile insect technique proved successful where other methods were considered unsuitable.
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The eradication of Glossina-palpalis-palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) (diptera, Glossinidae) using traps, insecticide-impregnated targets and the sterile insect technique in central Nigeria
Tags: Africa, Other arthropods, Sterile insect technique (SIT)W. Takken, M. A. Oladunmade, L. Dengwat, H. U. Feldmann, J. A. Onah, S. O. Tenabe and H. J. Hamann, Bulletin of Entomological Research, 76:275-286. 1986.
The integrated use of biconical traps, insecticide-impregnated targets and the sterile insect technique was developed for the eradication of Glossina palpalis palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) in a 1500-km2 area of central Nigeria. Six weeks or more of continuous removal trapping, ...
