Baculoviruses: Members of Integrated Pest Management Strategies

Rodríguez, Vanina; Belaich, Mariano Nicolás; Ghiringhelli, Pablo Daniel

doi:10.5772/32779

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“…It is widely recognized as a low-impact environmental technique. Integrating SIT with conventional control methods, such as insecticide application ( Larramendy and Soloneski 2012 ), growth regulators ( Achee et al 2019 , Pleydell and Bouyer 2019 ), or microbial larvicides ( Poopathi and Abidha 2010 ), holds promise as an effective tool for mosquito control.…”

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Effect of 2 sex-sorting time schedules on SIT facility management

Malfacini,

Puggioli,

Balestrino

et al. 2023

Journal of Insect Science

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Improvements are needed in mosquito mass-rearing to effectively implement the sterile insect technique (SIT). However, managing this technique is challenging and resource intensive. SIT relies on mass rearing, sterilization, and release of adult males to reduce field populations. Maintaining an acceptable level of female presence, who can transmit viruses through biting, is crucial. Females are also essential for facility sustainability. Sex sorting plays a vital role in the production process, and our current mechanical sorting approach aims to obtain a high number of adult males with minimal female contamination within 24 h of pupation. Utilizing protandry helps control female contamination. While the 24-h sorting period achieves desired contamination levels, it may not yield enough females to sustain breeding lines, leading to increased labor costs that impact project sustainability. By delaying the sorting procedure to 48 h, we obtained sufficient females to sustain breeding lines, achieving a balance between male production and female contamination using the automatic version of the Fay–Morlan device as the sorting tool.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%