Advances in Sterile Insect Technique Driven by Sugarcane Pest Management in South Africa

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The sterile insect technique is an environmentally friendly control strategy for managing agricultural insect pests, but it is not a one-size-fits-all method. Researchers working to apply sterile insect technique to Eldana saccharina, a highly damaging pest of sugarcane in South Africa, are finding success with a modified approach that induces sterility in the first generation of offspring of treated insects. [Read more]

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