▪ Abstract The α-proteobacterium Wolbachia pipientis is a very common cytoplasmic
symbiont of insects, crustaceans, mites, and filarial nematodes. To enhance its transmission …

The radiation-based sterile insect technique (SIT) has successfully suppressed field
populations of several insect pest species, but its effect on mosquito vector control has been …

The chapters of this book are entitled: the evolution of heritable symbionts; cytoplasmic
incompatibility in insects; inherited microorganisms and sex determination of arthropod …

Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the work and various aspects of mosquito
genetics. Most of the advances in formal genetics have been made in culex and aedes. The …

Genetic Control of Insect Pests focuses on laboratory and field trials of genetic control
methods of insects, which entails the use of insects to control themselves. It particularly …

This chapter is concerned with insects of medical, veterinary, and economic importance.
Special emphasis is given to the mosquitoes that are the most important vectors of human …

The successful eradication of adults of Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) by the release
of sterile insects, the increased concern about the environmental effects of insecticides and …

Bidirectional cytoplasmic incompatibility in the Culex pipiens complex appears to provide a
mechanism for the replacement of a wild population by a strain refractory to filaria or a strain …

A strain of Culex quinquefasciutus with European cytoplasm and Indian chromosomes,
including a male‐linked translocation, was reared and males were released in two villages …

SUMMARY The Incompatible Insect Technique (IIT) is a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)-
related approach that uses the reproductive parasitism caused by infection with maternally …