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sterile insect technique: a standalone construct

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sterile insecttechnique1 CONSTRUCTSterile insect techniqueKNIPLING · PEST MANAGEMENT

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Pest management

suppression of a pest population by repeatedly releasing large numbers of sterilised males that mate with wild females without producing offspring.

In pest management, sterile insect technique refers to suppression of a pest population by repeatedly releasing large numbers of sterilised males that mate with wild females without producing offspring. This meaning comes from Knipling (1955) in Journal of Economic Entomology.[1]

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  1. Knipling, E. F. (1955). Possibilities of Insect Control or Eradication Through the Use of Sexually Sterile Males. Journal of Economic Entomology, 48(4), 459-462. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/48.4.459

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