Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and Its Applications
A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 128849
Special Issue Editors
Interests: insect pest control; sterile insect technique; genetic sexing; insect symbiosis
Interests: sterile insect technique; area-wide integrated pest management; food security and food safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Insects represent the most abundant, speciose and diverse group of animals on the planet. Most of them are considered as beneficial; however, a small number of them are major pests affecting the agriculture, livestock and human health and their populations need to be managed, targeting the whole insect population in a certain area. During the last 70 years, sterile insect technique (SIT), which is based on radiation-induced sterility, has been shown to be an effective tool to suppress, contain, prevent the (re)introduction and even eliminate populations of insect pests of agricultural, veterinary and human health importance. The SIT is applied ideally as a component of area-wide integrated pest management approaches. For this special issue, we welcome original research as well as review articles focusing on all aspects related to the development and implementation of the SIT for insect pest control applications.
Dr. Kostas Bourtzis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- tephritids
- moths
- tsetse flies
- screwworm
- mosquitoes
- mass-rearing
- irradiation
- genetic sexing
- area-wide integrated pest management