The insect pest control laboratory of the joint FAO/IAEA programme: ten years (2010–2020) of research and development, achievements and challenges in support of …

MJB Vreysen, AMM Abd-Alla, K Bourtzis, J Bouyer… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Insect Pest Control (IPC) Section and its associated laboratory (IPCL)
is part of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. Its …

Pilot trial using mass field-releases of sterile males produced with the incompatible and sterile insect techniques as part of integrated Aedes aegypti control in Mexico

A Martín-Park, A Che-Mendoza… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The combination of Wolbachia-based incompatible insect technique (IIT) and
radiation-based sterile insect technique (SIT) can be used for population suppression of …

Aedes aegypti Controls Ae. aegypti: SIT and IIT—An Overview

RL Aldridge, S Gibson… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
The sterile insect technique (SIT) and the incompatible insect technique (IIT) are emerging
and potentially revolutionary tools for controlling Aedes aegypti (L.), a prominent worldwide …

Development of the Sterile Insect Technique to control the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) in Sri Lanka

T Ranathunge, J Harishchandra, H Maiga, J Bouyer… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is presently being tested to control dengue in
several countries. SIT aims to cause the decline of the target insect population through the …

Efficiency assessment of a novel automatic mosquito pupae sex separation system in support of area-wide male-based release strategies

W Mamaï, O Bueno-Masso, T Wallner, SA Nikièma… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study provides a comparative analysis of two state-of-the-art automatic mosquito pupae
sex sorters currently available: the ORINNO and the WOLBAKI Biotech pupae sex …

Larvicidal and anti-termite activities of microbial biosurfactant produced by Enterobacter cloacae SJ2 isolated from marine sponge Clathria sp.

S Harikrishnan, S Sudarshan, K Sivasubramani… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The widespread use of synthetic pesticides has resulted in a number of issues, including a
rise in insecticide-resistant organisms, environmental degradation, and a hazard to human …

Aedes aegypti larval development and pupal production in the FAO/IAEA mass-rearing rack and factors influencing sex sorting efficiency

W Mamai, H Maiga, NSB Somda, T Wallner… - Parasite, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The production of a large number of mosquitoes of high biological qualities and reliable sex
sorting before release are key challenges when applying the sterile insect technique as part …

Requirements for market entry of gene drive-modified mosquitoes for control of vector-borne diseases: analogies to other biologic and biotechnology products

SL James, H Quemada, MQ Benedict… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gene drive-modified mosquitoes (GDMMs) are proposed as new tools for control and
elimination of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, and promising results have been …

Incompatible insect technique: insights on potential outcomes of releasing contaminant females: a proof of concept under semi‐field conditions

G Lombardi, E Lampazzi… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Releasing large numbers of Aedes albopictus males, carrying the artificially
introduced Wolbachia 'w Pip'strain, results in a decrease in the reproductive capacity of wild …

[HTML][HTML] Aedes albopictus Sterile Male Production: Influence of Strains, Larval Diet and Mechanical Sexing Tools

M Malfacini, A Puggioli, F Balestrino, M Carrieri… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aedes albopictus is a vector able to transmit several arboviruses. Due to
its high impact on human health, it is important to develop an efficient control strategy for this …