The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization, using radiation, of a target pest, followed by the systematic ...

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. A first of its kind, this book ...

Entomologist May Berenbaum explains how basic research and the sterile insect technique enabled screwworm eradication and why ...

Aseptic technique is a set of practices that healthcare professionals use to protect patients and themselves from infection. It includes the use of sterile gloves and gowns during surgery. Aseptic ...

In a recent paper, Zheng at al. 1 performed field experiments that tested a strategy of mosquito suppression based on the release of functionally sterile males produced by the combination of ...