
Keywords: area-wide management
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The Sterile Insect Technique: Success and Perspectives in the NeotropicsD. Perez-Staples, F. Diaz-Fleischer and P. Montoya, Neotropical Entomology, 14. 2020.![]() Here, we review SIT in the Neotropics and focus on particular recent successful cases of eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), as well as effective programs used against the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Loew), the New World screwworm ... Keywords: area-wide management, Cydia pomonella, diapause, Ecology, fruit damage, lepidoptera, mass rearing, mating disruption, overflooding, pheromone, quality control, sterile insect technique |
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Twenty-five Years of Research Experience with the Sterile Insect Technique and Area-Wide Management of Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), in CanadaH. M. A. Thistlewood and G. J. R. Judd, Insects, 10:292. 2019.![]() The advent of novel genetic methods has led to renewed interest in the sterile insect technique (SIT) for management of insect pests, owing to applications in mass rearing and in the production of sterile offspring without use of irradiation. An area-wide management programme for ... Keywords: area-wide management, Cydia pomonella, diapause, Ecology, fruit damage, lepidoptera, mass rearing, mating disruption, overflooding, pheromone, quality control, sterile insect technique |

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