Twenty-five Years of Research Experience with the Sterile Insect Technique and Area-Wide Management of Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), in Canada

• Published in: Insects
• Main Authors: Howard M. A. Thistlewood, Gary J. R. Judd
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Lepidoptera; Cydia pomonella; mass rearing; quality control; overflooding; area-wide management; sterile insect technique; mating disruption; pheromone; fruit damage; ecology; diapause; British Columbia; Canada; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10090292

The advent of novel genetic methods has led to renewed interest in the sterile insect technique (SIT) for management of insect pests, owing to applications in mass rearing and in the production of sterile offspring without use of irradiation. An area-wide management programme for codling moth, Cydia...