Sterile Insect Technique Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management - Dyck, V.A.; Hendrichs, J.; Robinson, A.S.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
History of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Principles of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management and the Sterile Insect Technique -- Biological Basis of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Genetic Basis of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Inherited Sterility in Insects -- Mathematical Models for the Use of Sterile Insects -- Technical Components of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Role of Population and Behavioural Ecology in the Sterile Insect Technique -- Mass-Rearing for Sterile Insect Release -- Sterilizing Insects with Ionizing Radiation -- Sterile Insect Quality -- Sterile Insect Supply, Emergence, and Release -- Monitoring Sterile and Wild Insects in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes -- Procedures for Declaring Pest Free Status -- Supportive Technologies to Improve the Sterile Insect Technique -- Role of Population Genetics in the Sterile Insect Technique -- Population Suppression in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Genetic Sexing Strains in Mediterranean Fruit Fly, an Example for Other Species Amenable to Large-Scale Rearing for the Sterile Insect Technique -- Use of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique -- Economic, Environmental, and Management Considerations -- Application of Benefit/Cost Analysis to Insect Pest Control Using the Sterile Insect Technique -- Environment and the Sterile Insect Technique -- Management of Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique -- Public Relations and Political Support in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique -- Application of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Strategic Options in Using Sterile Insects for Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management -- Misconceptions and Constraints -- Impact of Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes That Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique -- Impact of Screwworm Eradication Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique -- Impact of Fruit Fly Control Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique -- Impact of Moth Suppression/Eradication Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique or Inherited Sterility -- Potential Impact of Tsetse Fly Control Involving the Sterile Insect Technique -- Future Development of the Sterile Insect Technique -- Prospects for the Future Development and Application of the Sterile Insect Technique.
Keywords: Entomology; Biology-Technique.; Zoology; Entomology; Biological Techniques; Zoology