Sterile insect technique
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sterile-insect-technique-167-9594310
title:
Sterile insect technique
text:
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a method of biological insect control, whereby overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male, as this is more cost-effective and the females may in some situations cause damage by laying eggs in the crop, or, in the case of mosquitoes, taking blood from humans. The sterile males compete with fertile males to mate with the females. Females that mate with a sterile male produce no offspring, thus r
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Method of biological control for insect populations
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique
date created:
2004-08-04T13:18:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T09:55:18Z
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