The success of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and other genetic strategies designed to
eliminate large populations of insects relies on the efficient inundative releases of …

When considering a mosquito release programme, one of the first issues to be addressed is
how to eliminate/separate the females. The greatest number of options might eventually be …

Since the sterile insect technique (SIT) relies upon released sterile male insects efficiently
competing with wild males to mate with wild females, it follows that mass-rearing of insects is …

The spotted‐wing drosophila or cherry vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii) is native to Asia but
has invaded other continents since 2008 and has spread throughout Europe. The females …

Background The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method used in
area-wide pest management of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann; …

Fruit fly pest species have been successfully controlled and managed via the Sterile Insect
Technique (SIT), a control strategy that uses infertile matings of sterile males to wild females …

Abstract The Mediterranean fruitfly Ceratitis capitata (medfly) is an invasive agricultural pest
of high economic impact and has become an emerging model for developing new genetic …

Insect pest control programmes, which integrate the release of sterile insects, can be
efficient only if the released insects have an optimal biological quality. Frequent monitoring …

Background The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum has developed into an insect model
system second only to Drosophila. Moreover, as a coleopteran it represents the most …

Background Genetic sex ratio distorters are systems aimed at effecting a bias in the
reproductive sex ratio of a population and could be applied for the area-wide control of …