2013
DOI: 10.1603/me12048
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Pilot Field Trials With <I>Aedes albopictus</I> Irradiated Sterile Males in Italian Urban Areas

Abstract: The pilot field studies here presented are part of a long-term research program aimed to develop a cost-effective sterile insect technique (SIT) methodology to suppress Aedes albopictus (Skuse) populations. Aedes albopictus is a mosquito species mainly developing in man-made containers and with an island-like urban and suburban distribution. These two features make the application of the sterile insect technique a possible control strategy. Five trials have been performed in three small towns from 2005 to 2009… Show more

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“…Preliminary studies and pilot release programs of Ae. albopictus positively confirmed the feasibility of the use of radiation-based SIT against this species as an effective tool to suppress the natural population [13], [14], [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…Preliminary studies and pilot release programs of Ae. albopictus positively confirmed the feasibility of the use of radiation-based SIT against this species as an effective tool to suppress the natural population [13], [14], [15].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…In Italy, adult recapture by BG sentinel traps yielded variable population sizes ranging from 50 to 236 adult Ae. albopictus per hectare in an anthropological setting (Carrieri et al, 2012;Bellini et al, 2013). As indicated above, reliable estimates of male population size are notoriously difficult to obtain for natural populations, particularly in a species like Ae.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…So far, most progress has been made in population-reduction strategies, which include both the production of genetically-engineered mosquito strains impaired in their ability to fly or the use of sterilizing chemicals or Îł-irradiation to induce random mutations leading to sterility in mosquitoes before their release in the wild (Sterile insect technique, SIT) [57, 90–91]. Population replacement strategies for Ae.…”
Section: Vector Control Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…albopictus males sterilized through irradiation were undertaken from 2005 to 2009 in urban and sub-urban areas of Italy, and these resulted in suppression of the local Ae. albopictus population [91]. …”
Section: Vector Control Strategiesmentioning
confidence: 99%