Pest control by the introduction of a conditional lethal trait on multiple loci: Potential, limitations, and optimal strategies

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1543-1565

  Schliekelman, Paul ^a,b   Gould, Fred ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional lethal; Genetic control; Model; Multilocus; Sterile male

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; LETHAL GENE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTS; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0034566624     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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