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GENETIC INSECT CONTROL METHODS INVOLVING THE RELEASE OF RELATIVELY FEW LABORATORY-REARED INSECTS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

C. F. Wehrhahn  and
W. Klassen
C. F. Wehrhahn
Affiliation:
Institute of Animal Resource Ecology and Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
W. Klassen
Affiliation:
Metabolism and Radiation Research Laboratory, ARS-USDA, State University Station, Fargo, North Dakota
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Abstract

Several genetic insect control methods are currently available, but they are practicable only when population densities are low.In this paper we describe ways of increasing the frequencies of dominant conditional lethal genes in populations. The proposed methods should be particularly valuable for the eradication of major agricultural pests controlled at present by frequent applications of insecticide.Eradication of boll weevil populations could be accomplished by the release of relatively small numbers of artificially reared insects. The number required can be less than it is for other proposed methods by a factor of 100 or more¡¡

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 10 , October 1971 , pp. 1387 - 1396
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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