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Exploration of the potential of a boosted sterile insect technique to control fruit flies in mango orchards

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Pest Management Science"

DOI: 10.1002/ps.8248

Abstract: An innovative version of the sterile insect technique (SIT) for pest control, called boosted SIT, relies on the use of sterile males coated with a biocide to control a target wild pest population of the… read more here.

Keywords: control; mango orchards; fruit; sterile insect ... See more keywords

Developing heterospecific sterile insect technique for pest control: insights from the spotted wing fly Drosophila suzukii

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Pest Management Science"

DOI: 10.1002/ps.8875

Abstract: BACKGROUND Reproductive interference (i.e., sexual interaction between males of one species and females of another species that reduce the fitness of one or both the interacting individuals) is an important species interaction significantly affecting population… read more here.

Keywords: control; insect technique; sterile insect; heterospecific ... See more keywords

Sterile insect technique and Wolbachia symbiosis as potential tools for the control of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Journal of Pest Science"

DOI: 10.1007/s10340-017-0944-y

Abstract: Drosophila suzukii, a vinegar fly originated from Southeast Asia, has recently invaded western countries, and it has been recognized as an important threat of a wide variety of several commercial soft fruits. This review summarizes… read more here.

Keywords: control; insect technique; drosophila suzukii; suzukii ... See more keywords

Sterility of Cydia pomonella by X ray irradiation as an alternative to gamma radiation for the sterile insect technique

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Bulletin of Entomological Research"

DOI: 10.1017/s0007485322000323

Abstract: Abstract The codling moth Cydia pomonella is a major pest of global significance impacting pome fruits and walnuts. It threatens the apple industry in the Loess Plateau and Bohai Bay in China. Sterile insect technique… read more here.

Keywords: insect technique; cydia pomonella; radiation; pomonella ... See more keywords

Semiochemical mediated enhancement of males to complement sterile insect technique in management of the tephritid pest Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Scientific Reports"

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13843-w

Abstract: Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), is the most significant pest of Australia’s $9 billion horticulture industry. The sterile insect technique (SIT) and cue-lure (a synthetic analogue of raspberry ketone (RK))-based male annihilation technique (MAT)… read more here.

Keywords: technique; tryoni; sterile insect; bactrocera tryoni ... See more keywords

A control strategy for the Sterile Insect Technique using exponentially decreasing releases to avoid the hair-trigger effect

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena"

DOI: 10.1051/mmnp/2023018

Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a control strategy for applying the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to eliminate the population of Aedes mosquitoes which are vectors of various deadly diseases like dengue, zika, chikungunya... in a… read more here.

Keywords: hair trigger; effect; insect technique; strategy ... See more keywords

Suppression of Aedes albopictus in Sri Lanka using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) with a sustained effect

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Parasite"

DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2025050

Abstract: Dengue fever remains a significant public health concern in Sri Lanka, leading to recurrent epidemics and imposing substantial socio-economic burdens. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) against Aedes… read more here.

Keywords: sri lanka; sterile insect; sit; insect technique ... See more keywords

Mass Rearing, Quality Parameters, and Bioconversion in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) for Sterile Insect Technique Purposes

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Journal of Economic Entomology"

DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaa022

Abstract: Abstract The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, has emerged as a major invasive insect pest of small and stone fruits in both the Americas and Europe in the last decade. Females oviposit in ripening… read more here.

Keywords: sterile insect; suzukii; insect technique; rearing quality ... See more keywords

Effect of Quorum Sensing Inducers and Inhibitors on Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Induced by Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) in American Serpentine Leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae): Potential Tool for the Incompatible Insect Technique

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of Insect Science"

DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab106

Abstract: Abstract Agricultural crops around the world are attacked by approximately 3,000–10,000 species of pest insect. There is increasing interest in resolving this problem using environmentally friendly approaches. Wolbachia (Hertig), an insect endosymbiont, can modulate host… read more here.

Keywords: incompatible insect; insect; insect technique; quorum sensing ... See more keywords
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Aedes aegypti lines for combined sterile insect technique and incompatible insect technique applications: the importance of host genomic background

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata"

DOI: 10.1111/eea.12892

Abstract: Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae), being the primary vector of pathogenic arboviruses, is a target for the development of novel genetic approaches to complement current conventional vector control strategies such as the combined sterile insect… read more here.

Keywords: aedes aegypti; insect; combined sterile; insect technique ... See more keywords

Remating in Ceratitis capitata sterile males: Implications in sterile insect technique programmes

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recommendations! Published in 2021 at "Journal of Applied Entomology"

DOI: 10.1111/jen.12925

Abstract: 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… read more here.

Keywords: ceratitis capitata; sterile insect; sterile males; insect technique ... See more keywords