Current Targets
- Anopheles mosquito - Malaria vector, example Anopheles arabiensis.
- Tsetse fly (Glossina spp) - sleeping sickness vector.
- Painted Apple Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Aedes mosquitoes, vectors for filariasis, Dengue and yellow fever.
- Continuing use across the world against various fruit fly species, including Medfly, Caribbean and Mexican fruit fly (Nth, Sth and Central America), Queensland fruit fly in Australia (Bactrocera tryoni) and several other Bactrocera sp. across Australia, Asia and Oceania. The IAEA lists 41 different SIT facilities (DIR-SIT) across the globe, aiding the retrieval of information on mass production of sterile pest insect and also provides information on the doses of radiation (IDIDAS) used in the control of pest insects and mites of agricultural, commercial or quarantine significance. It includes data on both the radiation dose required for the disinfestation of generic commodity groups, fresh and durable, and also the radiation dose used to induce sterility for pest control through the sterile insect technique.
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