Insect population suppression using engineered insects

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 627, Issue , 2008, Pages 93-103

  Alphey, Luke ^a   Nimmo, Derric ^b   O'Connell, Sinead ^b   Alphey, Nina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84934435952     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78225-6_8     Document Type: Review

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