TY - BOOK ID - 207735 TI - Sterile insect technique : principles and practice in area-wide integrated pest management AU - Dyck, Victor Arnold AU - Hendrichs, J. AU - Robinson, A. S. PY - 2005 SN - 128046139X 9786610461394 1402040512 1402040504 9400793146 PB - Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Insect sterilization. KW - Insect pests KW - Biological control. KW - Integrated control. KW - Destructive insects KW - Economic entomology KW - Entomology, Economic KW - Injurious insects KW - Insects, Injurious and beneficial KW - Arthropod pests KW - Insects KW - Veterinary entomology KW - Biological control of insects KW - Sterile-male technique (Insect control) KW - Sterilization of insects KW - Animal contraception KW - Sterilization (Birth control) KW - Biological control KW - Control KW - Entomology. KW - Cytology KW - Zoology. KW - Biological Techniques. KW - Research KW - Methodology. KW - Cell biology KW - Cellular biology KW - Biology KW - Cells KW - Cytologists KW - Zoology KW - Natural history KW - Animals KW - Biology—Technique. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:207735 AB - 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. A first of its kind, this book takes a generic, 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. A great variety of subjects are covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles, technical components, and application of 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. This book provides a wealth of information and reference material never before available in one volume. It will be a standard reference on the subject for many years. The authors, from 19 countries, are highly experienced in the subject, and reflect the international character of SIT activities. Since no university offers courses on the SIT, the book’s audience will be mainly students in general animal and plant health courses, but the in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal and plant health practitioners, and policy makers. ER -