Citation:

Chapter 15 Sterilization. Pages 324-359. In: Insect-Pest Management and Control. Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control. Washington DC, National Academy of Sciences (United States). Volume 3. Publication 1695, Third Printing, 508 pages.

Keywords: Development of autocidal control, early studies on mutations and sterility, X-rays, gamma rays, chemosterilants, practicability in control of screw worm, application of sterility principle, rearing, sterilization and release of insects, necessary characteristics of species to be controlled, facilities required, sterilization of insects in a natural population, methods of application, trend of uncontrolled insect population, effect of insecticides on population trends, effect of sterilization of insects in a natural population, effect of release of sterile insects on population trends, integrated program of insecticide treatments and sterile-insect releases, sterilization methods, radiation, stage of insect to be irradiated, chemicals, mass rearing, mass handling for sterilization, measurement of efficiency, susceptible range, effects of sterilization on sexual behavior, mating capacity and competitiveness of sterilized males, effects of females of insemination with defective sperm, effect of multiple matings by females, longevity and field activity of sterilized insects, mating between colonized and wild strains, cytological effects in reproductive organs, radiation, chemosterilants, antimetabolites, alkylating agents, field evaluation of method, methods for assessing numbers of insects per unit of area, evaluation of

liberation of mass-reared and sterilized insects, techniques for release, evaluation of treatment of natural populations, measurements of efficiency, effect of population selection with sterilants, special precautions, introduction of sterility by release of exotic strains