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Possibilities of Insect Control or Eradication Through the Use of Sexually Sterile Males1
Journal of Economic Entomology · 1955 · Vol. 48(4) · pp. 459–462
E. F. Knipling✉(Institute of Entomology)
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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.
Insect behavior and control techniquesInsect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorInsect and Pesticide ResearchBiologySterile insect techniqueChemosterilantsNatural (archaeology)InsectPopulationBiotechnologyToxicologyEcologyDemography
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