Sterile insect technique : principles and practice in area-wide integrated pest management /

Sterile insect technique : principles and practice in area-wide integrated pest management /

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Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press 2021. ©2021
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 1200 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Insect sterilization. Insect pests -- Biological control. Insect pests -- Integrated control. Insect pests -- Biological control. Insect pests -- Integrated control. Insect sterilization.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13346529

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Other authors / contributors:	Dyck, Victor Arnold, 1941- editor. Hendrichs, J. (Jorge), editor. Robinson, A. S., editor.
ISBN:	9780367474348 0367474344 9780367762261 0367762269 9781000377767 1000377768 1000377830 9781003035572 1003035574 9781000377835
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Open Access Online resource; title from pdf title page (EbscoHost, viewed July 14, 2022).
Summary:	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. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT - suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication - with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the socio-economic impact of AW-IPM programmes that integrate the SIT. In addition, this second edition includes six new chapters covering the latest developments in the technology: managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing, using symbionts and modern molecular technologies in support of the SIT, applying post-factory nutritional, hormonal, and semiochemical treatments, applying the SIT to eradicate outbreaks of invasive pests, and using the SIT against mosquito vectors of disease. This book will be useful reading for students in animal-, human-, and plant-health courses. The in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes, complete with extensive lists of scientific references, will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal-, human-, and plant-health practitioners, and policy makers.
Other form:	Print version: Sterile insect technique. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021

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Summary:	Uniquely comprehensive, thematic and global book summarizing the SIT technology and its application Authoritative and up-to-date, created by IAEA entomologists - the leading scientific group worldwide that is<br> developing new technology and also helping national scientists to apply it. Both theoretical and practical aspects of the SIT technology are described, making this useful for researchers and professors as well as practical operators of field programmes. Includes dozens of figures, tables and colour photos that enhance its readability. Each chapter has a summary and a list of references. An extensive subject index is provided at the back of the<br> book.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 1200 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9780367474348 0367474344 9780367762261 0367762269 9781000377767 1000377768 1000377830 9781003035572 1003035574 9781000377835
Access:	Open Access