BOOBY-TRAPPING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STERILE MALES FOR INSECT CONTROL

被引：10

作者：

WHITTEN, MJ

NORRIS, KR

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来源：

NATURE | 1967年 / 216卷 / 5120期

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D O I：

10.1038/2161136a0

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The booby-trap tech -nique involves the release of insects loaded with chemosterilants or insecticides. It is particularly suited to insects with the following characteristics: amenability to cheap laboratory propagation; a low natural population density; the adult stage not attracted to humans (if highly toxic insecticides are to be employed); behavioral characteristics leading to considerable and frequent bodily contact between individuals. The Australian sheep blowfly possesses all these characteristics.

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