Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique
The sterile insect technique (SIT) and its related technologies are considered to be a powerful weapon for fighting against mosquitoes. As an important part of the area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs, SIT can help reduce the use of chemical pesticides for mosquito control, and con...
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description | The sterile insect technique (SIT) and its related technologies are considered to be a powerful weapon for fighting against mosquitoes. As an important part of the area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs, SIT can help reduce the use of chemical pesticides for mosquito control, and consequently, the occurrence of insecticide resistance. The mosquito SIT involves several important steps, including mass rearing, sex separation, irradiation, packing, transportation, release and monitoring. To enable the application of SIT against mosquitoes to reduce vector populations, the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Centre (previously called Division) of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (hereinafter called Joint FAO/IAEA Centre) and its Insects Pest Control sub-program promoted a coordinated research project (CRP) entitled “Mosquito handling, transport, release and male trapping methods” to enhance the success of SIT. This article summarizes the existing explorations that are critical to the handling and transporting of male mosquitoes, offers an overview of detailed steps in SIT and discusses new emerging methods for mosquito releases, covering most processes of SIT. |
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spelling | doaj.art-1aa2677a4cea48eb877c1cfc8c53b25f2023-11-23T17:11:20ZengMDPI AGInsects2075-44502022-06-0113653210.3390/insects13060532Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect TechniqueJiatian Guo0Xiaoying Zheng1Dongjing Zhang2Yu Wu3Sun Yat-sen University–Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaSun Yat-sen University–Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaSun Yat-sen University–Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaSun Yat-sen University–Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, ChinaThe sterile insect technique (SIT) and its related technologies are considered to be a powerful weapon for fighting against mosquitoes. As an important part of the area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs, SIT can help reduce the use of chemical pesticides for mosquito control, and consequently, the occurrence of insecticide resistance. The mosquito SIT involves several important steps, including mass rearing, sex separation, irradiation, packing, transportation, release and monitoring. To enable the application of SIT against mosquitoes to reduce vector populations, the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Centre (previously called Division) of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture (hereinafter called Joint FAO/IAEA Centre) and its Insects Pest Control sub-program promoted a coordinated research project (CRP) entitled “Mosquito handling, transport, release and male trapping methods” to enhance the success of SIT. This article summarizes the existing explorations that are critical to the handling and transporting of male mosquitoes, offers an overview of detailed steps in SIT and discusses new emerging methods for mosquito releases, covering most processes of SIT.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/6/532mosquitochillingquality controlpackaging |
spellingShingle | Jiatian Guo Xiaoying Zheng Dongjing Zhang Yu Wu Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique Insects mosquito chilling quality control packaging |
title | Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique |
title_full | Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique |
title_fullStr | Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique |
title_full_unstemmed | Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique |
title_short | Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique |
title_sort | current status of mosquito handling transporting and releasing in frame of the sterile insect technique |
topic | mosquito chilling quality control packaging |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/6/532 |
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