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Sterile Insect Technique : Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dyck, Victor A.
Other Authors: Hendrichs, Jorge., Robinson, A. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Introductory Remarks
  • Table of Contents
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Chapter 1.1. History of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 1.2. Misconceptions and Constraints Driving Opportunities
  • Part II. Principles of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 2.1. Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management and the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 2.2. Biological Basis of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 2.3. Genetic Basis of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 2.4. Inherited Sterility in Insects
  • Chapter 2.5. Mathematical Models for Using Sterile Insects
  • Part III. Technical Components of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 3.1. Role of Population and Behavioural Ecology in the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 3.2. Mass-Rearing for the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 3.3. Managing Pathogens in Insect Mass-Rearing for the Sterile Insect Technique, with the Tsetse Fly Salivary Gland Hypertrophy Virus as an Example
  • Chapter 3.4. Sterilizing Insects with Ionizing Radiation
  • Chapter 3.5. Sterile Insect Quality Control/Assurance
  • Chapter 3.6. Supply, Emergence, and Release of Sterile Insects
  • Chapter 3.7. Monitoring Sterile and Wild Insects in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes
  • Part IV. Supportive Technologies to Improve the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 4.1. Role of Population Genetics in the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 4.2. Population Suppression in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 4.3. Practical and Operational Genetic Sexing Systems Based on Classical Genetic Approaches in Fruit Flies, an Example for Other Species Amenable to Large-Scale Rearing for the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 4.4. Insect Symbiosis in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique.
  • Chapter 4.5. Improving Post-Factory Performance of Sterile Male Fruit Flies in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 4.6. Applying Modern Molecular Technologies in Support of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 4.7. Using Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Modelling in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Part V. Economic, Environmental, and Management Considerations
  • Chapter 5.1. Design and Economic Evaluation of Programmes Integrating the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 5.2. Environment and the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 5.3. Management of Area-Wide Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 5.4. Communication and Stakeholder Engagement in Area-Wide Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Part VI. Application of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 6.1. Strategic Options in Using Sterile Insects for Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management
  • Chapter 6.2. Invasive Insect Pests: Challenges and the Role of the Sterile Insect Technique in their Prevention, Containment, and Eradication
  • Chapter 6.3. Procedures for Declaring Pest Free Status
  • Part VII. Impact of Area-Wide Pest Management Programmes that Integrate the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 7.1. Impact of Screwworm Eradication Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 7.2. Impact of Fruit Fly Control Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 7.3. Impact of Moth Suppression/Eradication Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique or Inherited Sterility
  • Chapter 7.4. Impact of Tsetse Fly Eradication Programmes Using the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 7.5. Potential Impact of Integrating the Sterile Insect Technique into the Fight against Disease-Transmitting Mosquitoes.
  • Part VIII. Future Development of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Chapter 8.1. Prospects for the Future Development and Application of the Sterile Insect Technique
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
  • Back Cover.

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