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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. disease and pest management
  3. pest management
  4. pest control
  5. insect control
  6. sterile insect technique

Término preferido

sterile insect technique

Tipo

  • Topic

Definición

  • Information Method of insect control, utilizing sterilizing doses of radiation, in which sterile insects (usually males) are mass-released into the environment to compete with wild populations for mates.

    Fuente: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

Sinónimos

  • SIT (sterile insect technique)
  • sterile insect release
  • sterile male release
  • sterile release

En otras lenguas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47372

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