| Title: | "Current Status of Mosquito Handling, Transporting and Releasing in Frame of the Sterile Insect Technique" |
| Author(s): | Guo J; Zheng X; Zhang D; Wu Y; |
| Address: | "Sun 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, China. Chinese Atomic Energy Agency Center of Excellence on Nuclear Technology Applications for Insect Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. International Atomic Energy Agency Collaborating Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Diseases-Vectors Control, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "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" |
| Keywords: | chilling mosquito packaging quality control; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEGuo, Jiatian Zheng, Xiaoying Zhang, Dongjing Wu, Yu eng 82002168, 82072308/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ 20201192/the 6th Nuclear Energy R& D Project/ D44002/the FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project/ Review Switzerland 2022/06/24 Insects. 2022 Jun 10; 13(6):532. doi: 10.3390/insects13060532" |
