Life history traits of the target pest and transmission routes of the biocide are critical for the success of the boosted Sterile Insect Technique.

ABSTRACT: The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly pest control strategy that consists of inundative releases of mass-reared sterilized males over defined areas, where they mate with wild females, resulting in no offspring and a declining pest population. The technique has effectively managed many crop pests and vector-borne diseases worldwide. A new approach, called boosted SIT, has been proposed to gain efficiency. It combines SIT with the contamination of wild females by sterile males previously coated with biocides. The present study investigated to what extent life history traits of the target pest and biocides can make the boosted SIT more efficient than the classical SIT. We built a generic agent-based model (SIT++) that simulates the population dynamics of insect pes

SUBMITTER: Herbillon F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11612786 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature