| Title: | "Twenty-five Years of Research Experience with the Sterile Insect Technique and Area-Wide Management of Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), in Canada" |
| Author(s): | Thistlewood HMA; Judd GJR; |
| Address: | "Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada. howard.thistlewood@Canada.ca. Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada. howard.thistlewood@Canada.ca. Summerland Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada. gary.judd@canada.ca" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The advent of novel genetic methods has led to renewed interest in the sterile insect technique (SIT) for management of insect pests, owing to applications in mass rearing and in the production of sterile offspring without use of irradiation. An area-wide management programme for codling moth, Cydia pomonella, has employed the SIT and other management practices over a large area (3395 to 7331 ha) of orchards and neighbouring urban, public, or First Nations lands in British Columbia, Canada, for 25 years. This project is the first to employ the SIT for C. pomonella, and the longest-running application of area-wide techniques for its control, anywhere. It was derived from basic research and applied trials from the 1960s onwards. Many biological challenges were overcome, and lessons learnt, in transferring from small- to large-scale applications of mass rearing and the SIT, with particular regard to Lepidoptera. Research has proven essential to identifying, if not resolving, issues that threaten the implementation and success of any such programme. The major challenges encountered, and the resulting research, are reviewed, as well as future directions. Recommendations are given for application of the SIT as part of any area-wide management programme for C. pomonella" |
| Keywords: | Cydia pomonella Lepidoptera area-wide management diapause ecology fruit damage mass rearing mating disruption overflooding pheromone quality control sterile insect technique; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEThistlewood, Howard M A Judd, Gary J R eng Review Switzerland 2019/09/13 Insects. 2019 Sep 10; 10(9):292. doi: 10.3390/insects10090292" |
