Effect of Spaced Releases on the Efficiency of Chemosterilized Males of Culex Fatigans

Authors

  • R. S. Patterson
  • V. P. Sharma
  • G. C. LaBrecque

Abstract

Chemosterilized males were released at various intervals of up to 4 days to determine their relative efficiency in introducing sterility into a natural population of Culex fatigans Wiedemann. The results of outdoor cage studies indicated that regardless of the release interval, the same degree of sterility resulted when the total numbers of sterile males being released into normal populations were equal. By releasing at more than 1-day intervals, a larger area can be covered in a sterile male release with less time and manpower than if daily releases were necessary, providing rearing and sterilizing are not the limiting factors.

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Published

1975-09-01

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Literature Review Articles