Sterile Insect Articles & Analysis
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Specific insecticides include the following five categories: attractants, repellants, antifeedants, sterile agents, and insect growth regulators. Attractants attract pests by sex or bait. ...
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a biological control tactic that is used as a component of area‐wide integrated pest management (AW‐IPM) programs. The SIT can only be applied against disease‐transmitting mosquitoes when only sterile male mosquitoes are released, and the blood‐sucking and potentially disease‐transmitting females are ...