
Keywords: quality control
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Remating in Ceratitis capitata sterile males: Implications in sterile insect technique programmesM. Catala-Oltra, E. Llacer, O. Dembilio, I. Pla, A. Urbaneja and M. Perez-Hedo, Journal of Applied Entomology, 8. 2021.![]() Sterile insect technique (SIT) is used, among other biological control tools, as a sustainable measure for the management of Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) in many agricultural regions where this pest can trigger severe economic impacts. The tendency of wild ... 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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