Glossina austeni (diptera: glossinidae) eradicated on the Island of Unguja, Zanzibar, using the sterile insect technique

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-133

  Vreysen, Marc J B ^a,b   Saleh, Khalfan M ^a   Ali, Mashavu Y ^a   Abdulla, Abdulla M ^a   Zhu, Zeng Rong ^a,b   Juma, Kassim G ^a   Dyck, V Arnold ^a,b   Msangi, Atway R ^a,c   Mkonyi, Paul A ^a,d   Feldmann, H Udo ^a,b  

^a Commission of Agriculture Livestock and Natural Resources ^*  (Tanzania)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Research Institute   (Tanzania)

^d Animal Diseases Research Institute Dar Es Salaam   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Eradication; Glossina austeni; Induced sterility; Sterile insect technique; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRETHRINS; TANZANIA; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 0013377907     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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