Simple Summary The Insect Pest Control (IPC) Section and its associated laboratory (IPCL)
is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Its …

When EF Knipling conceived of the release of sexually sterile insects to suppress wild
populations, he laid down several fundamental qualities that characterized suitable target …

Simple Summary The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) is an invasive
species responsible for the transmission of arboviruses such as dengue, Zika and …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized the urgent
need for alternative strategies to chemical insecticides for controlling mosquito populations …

In the last decade, the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to suppress mosquito vectors
have rapidly expanded in many countries facing the complexities of scaling up production …

Simple Summary The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly, species-
specific pest control method by which target insects are mass-produced in a factory and are …

The developmental stage of the mosquito is one of the main factors that affect its response to
ionizing radiation. Irradiation of adults has been reported to have beneficial effects …

The success of the sterile insect technique (SIT) relies on the achievement of high levels of
sterility and mating success of the factory-reared sterile males and thus their biological …

The current review of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is motivated by new technologies
and the recent renaissance of male release field trials, which is driving an evolution in …

Mosquito-borne diseases (MBDs) are emerging in response to climate and land use
changes. As mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) habitat selection is often contingent on water …