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"The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT -- suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication -- with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the s

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Author

Victor A. Dyck, Jorge Hendrichs, A. S. Robinson

Publisher

CRC Press Inc

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780367762261

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Nature, Science, Agriculture