NALT

Preferred term

sterile insect technique

Topic

Method of insect control, utilizing sterilizing doses of radiation, in which sterile insects (usually males) are mass-released into the environment to compete with wild populations for mates.

insect control

SIT (sterile insect technique)
sterile insect release
sterile male release
sterile release

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

35322

Spanish

técnica del insecto estéril

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47372

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/30/12