Possibilities of Insect Control or Eradication Through the Use of Sexually Sterile Males1
- 1 August 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 48 (4) , 459-462
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/48.4.459
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to consider the possibility of controlling insects by releasing sexually sterile males among the existing natural population. The principles involved will be described and the potentialities as well as the limitations of the method as we know them at present, will be discussed.Keywords
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- Sterilization of Screw-Worm Flies with X-Rays and Gamma-Rays1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1953
- Experiments with Screw-Worm Flies Sterilized by X-Rays1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1951