Keywords: Glossina

X-rays are as effective as gamma-rays for the sterilization of Glossina palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank, 1911 (Diptera: Glossinidae) for use in the sterile insect technique

B. A. Kaboré, A. Nawaj, H. Maiga, O. Soukia, S. Pagabeleguem, M. S. G. Ouédraogo/Sanon, M. J. B. Vreysen, R. L. Mach and C. J. de Beer,  Scientific Reports,  13:17633. 2023.
An area-wide integrated pest management strategy with a sterile insect technique (SIT) component requires a radiation source for the sterilisation of male insects. Self-contained gamma irradiators, which were exclusively used in past SIT programmes, are now facing increasing ...
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Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the tsetse species Glossina brevipalpis and preliminary population genetics analyses

F. Gstöttenmayer, P. Moyaba, M. Rodriguez, F. C. Mulandane, H. N. Mucache, L. Neves, C. De Beer, S. Ravel, T. De Meeûs, R. L. Mach, M. J. B. Vreysen and A. M. M. Abd-Alla,  Parasite,  30:34. 2023.
Tsetse flies, the vectors of African trypanosomes are of key medical and economic importance and one of the constraints for the development of Africa. Tsetse fly control is one of the most effective and sustainable strategies used for controlling the disease. Knowledge about ...
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Evaluating the Effect of Irradiation on the Densities of Two RNA Viruses in Glossina morsitans morsitans

C. K. Mirieri, A. M. M. Abd-Alla, V. I. D. Ros and M. M. van Oers,  Insects,  14. 2023.
Tsetse flies are cyclic vectors of Trypanosoma parasites, which cause debilitating diseases in humans and animals. To decrease the disease burden, the number of flies is reduced using the sterile insect technique (SIT), where male flies are sterilized through irradiation and ...
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Senegal celebrates first victory against tsetse fly eradication

FAO,  FAO,  2020.
A campaign against the tsetse fly, a pest that transmits a disease that devastates livestock, in the Niayes area near the capital Dakar started four years ago paving the way for complete eradication of this pest. “I have not seen a single tsetse fly for a year now,” said ...
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Glossina austeni (Diptera: Glossinidae) Eradicated on the Island of Unguja, Zanzibar, Using the Sterile Insect Technique

M. J. B. Vreysen, K. M. Saleh, M. Y. Ali, A. M. Abdulla, Z.-R. Zhu, K. G. Juma, V. A. Dyck, A. R. Msangi, P. A. Mkonyi and H. U. Feldmann,  Journal of Economic Entomology,  123-135. 2000.
An area-wide integrated tsetse eradication project was initiated in Zanzibar in 1994 by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the governments of Tanzania and Zanzibar, to eradicate Glossina austeni Newstead from Unguja Island (Zanzibar) using the sterile insect technique. ...
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Tsetse fly eradication in Burkina Faso and evaluation of traps and targets

M. Clair, D. Cuisance, H. Politzar, P. Merot and B. Bauer,  STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE FOR TSETSE CONTROL AND ERADICATION,  1990.
Control operations against tsetse flies with the sterile insect technique (SIT) were conducted by the Centre de recherches sur les trypanosomoses animales (CRTA) (Institut d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux/Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit ...
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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

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, ...
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Diptera: Glossinidae) in Tanzania. IV. Application of endosulfan as an aerosol prior to release of sterile males

D. L. Williamson, D. A. Dame, C. W. Lee, D. B. Gates and P. E. Cobb,  Bulletin of Entomological Research,  73:383-389. 1983.
As part of a programme to test the sterile insect technique against Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. in Tanzania, two aerial applications of endosulfan were applied to a 195-km2 test area. The applications were made with a 28-day interval to provide an initial reduction in the ...
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania .3.Test site characteristics and the natural distribution of tsetse flies.

D. B. Gates, P. E. Cobb, D. L. Williamson, B. Bakuli, D. A. Dame and E. Blaser,  Bulletin of Entomological Research,  73:373-381. 1983.
preparatory to testing the insect sterility concept against Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. The site was at Mkwaja Ranch, a north-eastern coastal cattle-ranching enterprise, in which about 195 km2 was encompassed by a 1-km-wide fly barrier constructed at an average cost of ...
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania 1. Production of tsetse flies.

D. L. Williamson, H. H. Baumgartner, A. G. Mtuya, P. V. Warner, S. A. Tarimo and D. A. Dame,  Bulletin of Entomological Research,  73:259-265. 1983.
A colony of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. was established in the laboratory in Tanga, Tanzania. After being expanded to the planned level of 60 000 flies, the stabilised colony was used to support a field trial using surplus males that were sterilised and released. The ...
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania 2. Methods of sterilization , transportation and release of sterilized males.

D. L. Williamson, H. H. Baumgartner, A. G. Mtuya, D. B. Gates, P. E. Cobb and D. A. Dame,  Bulletin of Entomological Research,  73:267-273. 1983.
Surplus puparia from a colony of about 50 000 females of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. provided males for sterilisation and release in an experimental assessment of the sterile insect technique in Tanzania. Excess males were stored late in the puparial stage at 10 ± 1°C ...
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Integration of insect sterility and insecticides for control of Glossina-morsitans-morsitans Westwood (Diptera, Glossinidae) in Tanzania .5. The impact of sequential releases of sterilized tsetse flies.

D. L. Williamson, D. A. Dame, D. B. Gates, P. E. Cobb, B. Bakuli and P. V. Warner,  Bulletin of Entomological Research,  73:391-404. 1983.
A field trial of the sterile insect technique was conducted in Tanzania using males of Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. that were reared, irradiated and packaged at Tanga. The experimental site was a 195-km2 area 110 km to the south. Following two applications of endosulfan as ...
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Control of tsetse flies, Glossina spp.

D. A. Dame and A. M. Jordan,  Advances in Veterinary Science and Comparative Medicine,  25:101-119. 1981.
Studies of SIT in Zimbabwe with releases of chemosterilized G. m. morsitans (Dame and Schmidt, 1970) demonstrated the feasibility of the methodology used both in the laboratory and in the field. Subsequent trials were recently completed in Tanzania, where laboratory bred sterile ...
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Lâchers de mâles stériles de Glossina tachinoides West. dans un gîte naturel de faible densité Bas-Logone, Cameroun

D. Cuisance and J. Itard,  Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux,  26:405-422. 1973.
Des mâles adultes de G. tachinoides, élevés à Maisons-Alfort et irradiés entre 7 600 et 10 650 rads à Saclay (France), ont été expédiés chaque semaine par avion à N'Djamena (Tchad) entre février et juin 1973, pour être, après marquage, lâchés en plusieurs points ...
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Comportement de mâles stériles de Glossina tachinoides West. lâchés dans les conditions naturelles – environs de Fort-Lamy (Tchad). I. Transport, lâchers, rythme d’activité, action sur la population sauvage

D. Cuisance and J. Itard,  Revue d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux,  26:55-76. 1973.
Glossina tachinoides adult males, bred and irradiated with 15,500 rads in Maisons-Alfort (France) were dispatched by air-mail to Fort-Lamy (Chad) between February and May of 1972, in order to be released, after marking, in a natural area of Cameroon side of the Chari river. In ...
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