Yes, Irradiated Sterile Male Mosquitoes Can Be Sexually Competitive!

Jérémy Bouyer; Marc J B Vreysen

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2020.09.005

Yes, Irradiated Sterile Male Mosquitoes Can Be Sexually Competitive!

Trends Parasitol. 2020 Nov;36(11):877-880. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.09.005. Epub 2020 Oct 7.

Authors

Jérémy Bouyer¹, Marc J B Vreysen²

Affiliations

¹ Insect Pest Control Sub-programme, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, A-1400 Vienna, Austria; CIRAD, UMR ASTRE CIRAD-INRA 'Animals, Health, Territories, Risks and Ecosystems', Campus international de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier, cedex 05, France; CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, F-97410 St Pierre, La Réunion, France. Electronic address: j.bouyer@iaea.org.
² Insect Pest Control Sub-programme, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, A-1400 Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 33036938
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.09.005

Abstract

Adequate sexual competitiveness of sterile males is a prerequisite for genetic control methods, including the sterile insect technique. During the past decade several semi-field and open-field trials demonstrated that irradiated male mosquitoes can be competitive.

Keywords: Aedes; Anopheles; Fried competitiveness index; dengue; malaria; sterile insect technique.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Culicidae / physiology*
Culicidae / radiation effects
Infertility, Male*
Male
Mosquito Control / methods*
Radiation, Ionizing
Sexual Behavior, Animal / radiation effects*