Engineered repressible lethality for controlling the pink bollworm, a lepidopteran pest of cotton.

Engineered repressible lethality for controlling the pink bollworm, a lepidopteran pest of cotton.

The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly method of pest control in which insects are mass-produced, irradiated and released to mate with wild counterparts. SIT has been used to control major pest insects including the pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders), a glob...

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Main Authors: Neil I Morrison, Gregory S Simmons, Guoliang Fu, Sinead O'Connell, Adam S Walker, Tarig Dafa'alla, Michelle Walters, John Claus, Guolei Tang, Li Jin, Thea Marubbi, Matthew J Epton, Claire L Harris, Robert T Staten, Ernest Miller, Thomas A Miller, Luke Alphey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3514271?pdf=render

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