See sterile insect technique. This term describes a method of insect control by setting free artificially sterilized males of a given species.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). SIT. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_3709
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