
Keywords: sterile insect technique Aedes albopictus sex separation mass rearing
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Aedes albopictus Sterile Male Production: Influence of Strains, Larval Diet and Mechanical Sexing ToolsM. Malfacini, A. Puggioli, F. Balestrino, M. Carrieri, M. L. Dindo and R. Bellini, Insects, 2022.![]() The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a biologically based method of pest control, which relies on the mass production, sterilization, and release of sterile males of the target species. Since females can transmit viruses, it is important to develop a mass rearing system to ... Keywords: sterile insect technique Aedes albopictus sex separation mass rearing |

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