Genetic biocontrol aims to suppress or modify populations of species to protect public
health, agriculture, and biodiversity. Advancements in genome engineering technologies …

Genetic-based methods offer environmentally friendly species-specific approaches for
control of insect pests. One method, CRISPR homing gene drive that target genes essential …

Abstract Spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, or SWD), an insect pest of
soft-skinned fruits native to East Asia, has rapidly spread worldwide in the past 15 years …

Each year, hundreds of millions of people are infected with arboviruses such as dengue,
yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika, which are all primarily spread by the notorious …

Controlling the principal African malaria vector, the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, is
considered essential to curtail malaria transmission. However, existing vector control …

Controlling the principal African malaria vector, the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, is
considered essential to curtail malaria transmission. However existing vector control …

In most holometabolous insects, sex differentiation occurs via a hierarchical cascade of
transcription factors, with doublesex (dsx) regulating genes that control sex-specific traits …

Each year, hundreds of millions of people are infected with arboviruses such as dengue,
yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika, which are all primarily spread by the notorious …

Precision-guided sterile insect technique (pgSIT) is an extremely promising vector control
intervention that can reduce and potentially eliminate the unacceptable malaria burden …

Lygus hesperus Knight is an important insect pest of crops across western North America,
with field management heavily reliant on the use of chemical insecticides. Because of the …