What is it about?
Sterile male stink bugs were able to compete with non-sterile males to mate with females and produce sterile eggs.
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Why is it important?
This is a new possible tool in the fight for local eradication of BMSB for countries where is it not yet established.
Perspectives
Another irradiation facility is needed but otherwise it looks pretty good for the Sterile Insect Technique.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: The Competitive Mating of Irradiated Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, Halyomorpha halys, for the Sterile Insect Technique, Insects, November 2019, MDPI AG,
DOI: 10.3390/insects10110411.
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