Over the past 30 years, the sterile insect technique (SIT) has become a regular component
of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs against several major …

The sterile insect technique (SIT) depends greatly on the production of good-quality sterile
male insects that are released into target wild populations. Quality is controlled through a …

Lepidopteran species are amongst the most damaging pests of food and fiber crops world-
wide. Pest lepidopterans are often managed injudiciously by spraying crops with large …

BACKGROUND Habituation to sex pheromones is one of the key mechanisms in mating
disruption, an insect control tactic. Male moths often show reduced sexual response after pre …

Simple Summary The performance of biological control agents (BCAs) under field conditions
is of importance to successfully suppress pests following release. However, the quality of …

Queensland fruit fly [Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), Diptera, Tephritidae] is the most
devastating insect pest impacting Australian horticulture. The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) …

A bi-national program was established by Mexico and the United States to mitigate the threat
of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)—an invasive …

Current quality control of mass-reared biological control agents (BCAs) is usually performed
in the laboratory and often fails to include behavioural aspects of the BCAs. As a result, the …