Author: Carroll Newton Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insect rearing
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Introduction / E.F. Knipling -- Body lice / M.M. Cole -- Parasitic mites / J. Ralph Audy and M.M.J. Lavoipierre -- Ticks / J.D. Gregson -- Rat fleas / B.S. Krishnamurthy -- Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say / James B. Gahan -- Culex pipiens fatigans Wied. / Botha de Meillon and Vijayamma Thomas -- Culicoides biting midges / Robert Henry Jones -- Black flies / R.C. Muirhead-Thomson -- Stable flies / Calvin M. Jones -- Tsetse flies / W.H.R. Lumsden and D.S. Saunders -- Bed bugs / G.S. Burden -- Reduviid bugs / Raymond E. Ryckman and Albert E. Ryckman -- House flies / D. Spiller -- Cockroaches / Burrell J. Smittle -- Coleoptera infesting stored products / Phillip K. Harein and Edwin L. Soderstrom -- Lepidoptera infesting stored products / H.P. Boles and F.O. Marzke -- Defined diets for phytophagous insects / Erma S. Vanderzant -- Southern pine beetles / Edgar W. Clark and Eben A. Osgood, Jr. -- Grasshoppers / Frank T. Cowan -- European corn borer / Earle S. Raun -- Codling moths / D.W. Hamilton and D.O. Hathaway -- Pink bollworms / Dial F. Martin -- Corn rootworms / W.L. Howe and B.W. George -- False wireworms / John W. Matteson -- Aegeriidae, with special reference to the peach tree borer / Edward H. Smith -- Boll weevils / R.T. Gast and T.B. Davich -- Wheat stem sawflies / Lew E. Wallace -- Lygus bugs / G.T. Bottger -- Aphids / F.H. Harries -- Phytophagous mites / Stanley W. Jacklin and Floyd F. Smith -- Coneworms / Edward P. Merkel and Carl W. Fatzinger -- Cabbage loopers / T.J. Henneberry and A.N. Kishaba -- Tobacco hornworms / J. David Hoffman, F.R. Lawson and Robert Yamamoto -- Insect parasites and predators / F.J. Simmonds -- Insect viruses / Carlo M. Ignoffo. Screw-worms / Alfred H. Baumhover, Chester N. Husman and Andrew J. Graham -- Tephritid fruit flies / Loren F. Steiner and Shizuko Mitchell -- Yellow fever mosquitoes / Harvey B. Morlan.
Insect Colonization and Mass Production
Author: Carroll Newton Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insect rearing
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Introduction / E.F. Knipling -- Body lice / M.M. Cole -- Parasitic mites / J. Ralph Audy and M.M.J. Lavoipierre -- Ticks / J.D. Gregson -- Rat fleas / B.S. Krishnamurthy -- Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say / James B. Gahan -- Culex pipiens fatigans Wied. / Botha de Meillon and Vijayamma Thomas -- Culicoides biting midges / Robert Henry Jones -- Black flies / R.C. Muirhead-Thomson -- Stable flies / Calvin M. Jones -- Tsetse flies / W.H.R. Lumsden and D.S. Saunders -- Bed bugs / G.S. Burden -- Reduviid bugs / Raymond E. Ryckman and Albert E. Ryckman -- House flies / D. Spiller -- Cockroaches / Burrell J. Smittle -- Coleoptera infesting stored products / Phillip K. Harein and Edwin L. Soderstrom -- Lepidoptera infesting stored products / H.P. Boles and F.O. Marzke -- Defined diets for phytophagous insects / Erma S. Vanderzant -- Southern pine beetles / Edgar W. Clark and Eben A. Osgood, Jr. -- Grasshoppers / Frank T. Cowan -- European corn borer / Earle S. Raun -- Codling moths / D.W. Hamilton and D.O. Hathaway -- Pink bollworms / Dial F. Martin -- Corn rootworms / W.L. Howe and B.W. George -- False wireworms / John W. Matteson -- Aegeriidae, with special reference to the peach tree borer / Edward H. Smith -- Boll weevils / R.T. Gast and T.B. Davich -- Wheat stem sawflies / Lew E. Wallace -- Lygus bugs / G.T. Bottger -- Aphids / F.H. Harries -- Phytophagous mites / Stanley W. Jacklin and Floyd F. Smith -- Coneworms / Edward P. Merkel and Carl W. Fatzinger -- Cabbage loopers / T.J. Henneberry and A.N. Kishaba -- Tobacco hornworms / J. David Hoffman, F.R. Lawson and Robert Yamamoto -- Insect parasites and predators / F.J. Simmonds -- Insect viruses / Carlo M. Ignoffo. Screw-worms / Alfred H. Baumhover, Chester N. Husman and Andrew J. Graham -- Tephritid fruit flies / Loren F. Steiner and Shizuko Mitchell -- Yellow fever mosquitoes / Harvey B. Morlan.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insect rearing
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Introduction / E.F. Knipling -- Body lice / M.M. Cole -- Parasitic mites / J. Ralph Audy and M.M.J. Lavoipierre -- Ticks / J.D. Gregson -- Rat fleas / B.S. Krishnamurthy -- Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say / James B. Gahan -- Culex pipiens fatigans Wied. / Botha de Meillon and Vijayamma Thomas -- Culicoides biting midges / Robert Henry Jones -- Black flies / R.C. Muirhead-Thomson -- Stable flies / Calvin M. Jones -- Tsetse flies / W.H.R. Lumsden and D.S. Saunders -- Bed bugs / G.S. Burden -- Reduviid bugs / Raymond E. Ryckman and Albert E. Ryckman -- House flies / D. Spiller -- Cockroaches / Burrell J. Smittle -- Coleoptera infesting stored products / Phillip K. Harein and Edwin L. Soderstrom -- Lepidoptera infesting stored products / H.P. Boles and F.O. Marzke -- Defined diets for phytophagous insects / Erma S. Vanderzant -- Southern pine beetles / Edgar W. Clark and Eben A. Osgood, Jr. -- Grasshoppers / Frank T. Cowan -- European corn borer / Earle S. Raun -- Codling moths / D.W. Hamilton and D.O. Hathaway -- Pink bollworms / Dial F. Martin -- Corn rootworms / W.L. Howe and B.W. George -- False wireworms / John W. Matteson -- Aegeriidae, with special reference to the peach tree borer / Edward H. Smith -- Boll weevils / R.T. Gast and T.B. Davich -- Wheat stem sawflies / Lew E. Wallace -- Lygus bugs / G.T. Bottger -- Aphids / F.H. Harries -- Phytophagous mites / Stanley W. Jacklin and Floyd F. Smith -- Coneworms / Edward P. Merkel and Carl W. Fatzinger -- Cabbage loopers / T.J. Henneberry and A.N. Kishaba -- Tobacco hornworms / J. David Hoffman, F.R. Lawson and Robert Yamamoto -- Insect parasites and predators / F.J. Simmonds -- Insect viruses / Carlo M. Ignoffo. Screw-worms / Alfred H. Baumhover, Chester N. Husman and Andrew J. Graham -- Tephritid fruit flies / Loren F. Steiner and Shizuko Mitchell -- Yellow fever mosquitoes / Harvey B. Morlan.
Insect Colonization and Mass Production
Author: Carroll Smith
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 032314411X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Insect Colonization and Mass Production reviews the great strides that have been made in the colonization and mass production of insects, including the methods used in rearing representative species and the general principles of nutrition and management that can be applied to the colonization of other species. The book highlights some of the notable successes in mass production and some examples of groups in which the difficulties inherent in laboratory rearing have not yet been overcome. Organized into five sections encompassing 39 chapters, this book begins with an overview of research in entomology that is facilitated by the availability of thriving insect colonies, along with the possibility of controlling insects directly by utilizing the insects, themselves, or by utilizing products derived from insects. Each chapter contains some historical background, as well as a description of the most efficient methods of production. Some chapters are concerned with only a single species, serving as an example of its taxonomic group, and to a lesser extent of other insects with similar nutritional and environmental requirements. Other chapters discuss rearing methods for entire groups of species that share common requirements. Insects covered by the book range from lice and ticks to fleas, flies, moths, yellow fever mosquitoes, and different species of worms. This book will be of interest to entomologists as well as students involved in insect physiology, behavior, and genetics.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 032314411X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
Insect Colonization and Mass Production reviews the great strides that have been made in the colonization and mass production of insects, including the methods used in rearing representative species and the general principles of nutrition and management that can be applied to the colonization of other species. The book highlights some of the notable successes in mass production and some examples of groups in which the difficulties inherent in laboratory rearing have not yet been overcome. Organized into five sections encompassing 39 chapters, this book begins with an overview of research in entomology that is facilitated by the availability of thriving insect colonies, along with the possibility of controlling insects directly by utilizing the insects, themselves, or by utilizing products derived from insects. Each chapter contains some historical background, as well as a description of the most efficient methods of production. Some chapters are concerned with only a single species, serving as an example of its taxonomic group, and to a lesser extent of other insects with similar nutritional and environmental requirements. Other chapters discuss rearing methods for entire groups of species that share common requirements. Insects covered by the book range from lice and ticks to fleas, flies, moths, yellow fever mosquitoes, and different species of worms. This book will be of interest to entomologists as well as students involved in insect physiology, behavior, and genetics.
Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients
Author: Aaron T. Dossey
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128028920
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients: Production, Processing and Food Applications describes how insects can be mass produced and incorporated into our food supply at an industrial and cost-effective scale, providing valuable guidance on how to build the insect-based agriculture and the food and biomaterial industry. Editor Aaron Dossey, a pioneer in the processing of insects for human consumption, brings together a team of international experts who effectively summarize the current state-of-the-art, providing helpful recommendations on which readers can build companies, products, and research programs. Researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and anyone interested in insect mass production and the industrial use of insects will benefit from the content in this comprehensive reference. The book contains all the information a basic practitioner in the field needs, making this a useful resource for those writing a grant, a research or review article, a press article, or news clip, or for those deciding how to enter the world of insect based food ingredients. - Details the current state and future direction of insects as a sustainable source of protein, food, feed, medicine, and other useful biomaterials - Provides valuable guidance that is useful to anyone interested in utilizing insects as food ingredients - Presents insects as an alternative protein/nutrient source that is ideal for food companies, nutritionists, entomologists, food entrepreneurs, and athletes, etc. - Summarizes the current state-of-the-art, providing helpful recommendations on building companies, products, and research programs - Ideal reference for researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and anyone interested in insect mass production and the industrial use of insects - Outlines the challenges and opportunities within this emerging industry
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128028920
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients: Production, Processing and Food Applications describes how insects can be mass produced and incorporated into our food supply at an industrial and cost-effective scale, providing valuable guidance on how to build the insect-based agriculture and the food and biomaterial industry. Editor Aaron Dossey, a pioneer in the processing of insects for human consumption, brings together a team of international experts who effectively summarize the current state-of-the-art, providing helpful recommendations on which readers can build companies, products, and research programs. Researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and anyone interested in insect mass production and the industrial use of insects will benefit from the content in this comprehensive reference. The book contains all the information a basic practitioner in the field needs, making this a useful resource for those writing a grant, a research or review article, a press article, or news clip, or for those deciding how to enter the world of insect based food ingredients. - Details the current state and future direction of insects as a sustainable source of protein, food, feed, medicine, and other useful biomaterials - Provides valuable guidance that is useful to anyone interested in utilizing insects as food ingredients - Presents insects as an alternative protein/nutrient source that is ideal for food companies, nutritionists, entomologists, food entrepreneurs, and athletes, etc. - Summarizes the current state-of-the-art, providing helpful recommendations on building companies, products, and research programs - Ideal reference for researchers, entrepreneurs, farmers, policymakers, and anyone interested in insect mass production and the industrial use of insects - Outlines the challenges and opportunities within this emerging industry
Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms
Author: Juan A. Morales-Ramos
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128221488
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens, Second Edition explores the latest advancements and technologies for large-scale rearing and manipulation of natural enemies while presenting ways of improving success rate, predictability of biological control procedures, and demonstrating their safe and effective use. Organized into three sections, Parasitoids and Predators, Pathogens, and Invertebrates for Other Applications, this second edition contains important new information on production technology of predatory mites and hymenopteran parasitoids for biological control, application of insects in the food industry and production methods of insects for feed and food, and production of bumble bees for pollination.Beneficial organisms include not only insect predators and parasitoids, but also mite predators, nematodes, fungi, bacteria and viruses. In the past two decades, tremendous advances have been achieved in developing technology for producing these organisms. Despite that and the globally growing research and interest in biological control and biotechnology applications, commercialization of these technologies is still in progress. This is an essential reference and teaching tool for researchers in developed and developing countries working to produce "natural enemies in biological control and integrated pest management programs. - Highlights the most advanced and current techniques for mass production of beneficial organisms and methods of evaluation and quality assessment - Presents methods for developing artificial diets and reviews the evaluation and assurance of the quality of mass-produced arthropods - Provides an outlook of the growing industry of insects as food and feed and describes methods for mass producing the most important insect species used as animal food and food ingredients
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128221488
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens, Second Edition explores the latest advancements and technologies for large-scale rearing and manipulation of natural enemies while presenting ways of improving success rate, predictability of biological control procedures, and demonstrating their safe and effective use. Organized into three sections, Parasitoids and Predators, Pathogens, and Invertebrates for Other Applications, this second edition contains important new information on production technology of predatory mites and hymenopteran parasitoids for biological control, application of insects in the food industry and production methods of insects for feed and food, and production of bumble bees for pollination.Beneficial organisms include not only insect predators and parasitoids, but also mite predators, nematodes, fungi, bacteria and viruses. In the past two decades, tremendous advances have been achieved in developing technology for producing these organisms. Despite that and the globally growing research and interest in biological control and biotechnology applications, commercialization of these technologies is still in progress. This is an essential reference and teaching tool for researchers in developed and developing countries working to produce "natural enemies in biological control and integrated pest management programs. - Highlights the most advanced and current techniques for mass production of beneficial organisms and methods of evaluation and quality assessment - Presents methods for developing artificial diets and reviews the evaluation and assurance of the quality of mass-produced arthropods - Provides an outlook of the growing industry of insects as food and feed and describes methods for mass producing the most important insect species used as animal food and food ingredients
Why Not Eat Insects?
Author: Vincent M. Holt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking (Insects)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cooking (Insects)
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Sterile Insect Technique
Author: Victor A. Dyck
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000377830
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1493
Book Description
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT — suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication — with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the socio-economic impact of AW-IPM programmes that integrate the SIT. In addition, this second edition includes six new chapters covering the latest developments in the technology: managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing, using symbionts and modern molecular technologies in support of the SIT, applying post-factory nutritional, hormonal, and semiochemical treatments, applying the SIT to eradicate outbreaks of invasive pests, and using the SIT against mosquito vectors of disease. This book will be useful reading for students in animal-, human-, and plant-health courses. The in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes, complete with extensive lists of scientific references, will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal-, human-, and plant-health practitioners, and policy makers.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000377830
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1493
Book Description
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT — suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication — with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the socio-economic impact of AW-IPM programmes that integrate the SIT. In addition, this second edition includes six new chapters covering the latest developments in the technology: managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing, using symbionts and modern molecular technologies in support of the SIT, applying post-factory nutritional, hormonal, and semiochemical treatments, applying the SIT to eradicate outbreaks of invasive pests, and using the SIT against mosquito vectors of disease. This book will be useful reading for students in animal-, human-, and plant-health courses. The in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes, complete with extensive lists of scientific references, will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal-, human-, and plant-health practitioners, and policy makers.
Edible Insects
Author: Arnold van Huis
Publisher: Bright Sparks
ISBN: 9789251075951
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.
Publisher: Bright Sparks
ISBN: 9789251075951
Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.
Pesticides Documentation Bulletin
Epizootiology of Insect Diseases
Author: James R. Fuxa
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471878124
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The first book devoted to the epidemiology or epizootiology of insect pathogens. Covers all aspects of the subject, including general principles, concepts and definitions, strategies and methods for research, modeling, factors that influence epizootics, area-wide patterns of disease, all the groups of disease, and practical aspects, such as enhancing disease in pest species, controlling it in beneficial insects or in insect rearing. Provides material not readily found elsewhere, such as modeling entomopathogen epizootics, general reviews of the epizootiology of various pathogen groups, consideration of microbial control from an epizootiological point of view, and a general review of epizootiology in prevention of insect disease. Offers the most comprehensive bibliography of this subject anywhere. Well illustrated.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471878124
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The first book devoted to the epidemiology or epizootiology of insect pathogens. Covers all aspects of the subject, including general principles, concepts and definitions, strategies and methods for research, modeling, factors that influence epizootics, area-wide patterns of disease, all the groups of disease, and practical aspects, such as enhancing disease in pest species, controlling it in beneficial insects or in insect rearing. Provides material not readily found elsewhere, such as modeling entomopathogen epizootics, general reviews of the epizootiology of various pathogen groups, consideration of microbial control from an epizootiological point of view, and a general review of epizootiology in prevention of insect disease. Offers the most comprehensive bibliography of this subject anywhere. Well illustrated.
Sterile Insect Technique
Author: Victor A. Dyck
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000377768
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT — suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication — with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the socio-economic impact of AW-IPM programmes that integrate the SIT. In addition, this second edition includes six new chapters covering the latest developments in the technology: managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing, using symbionts and modern molecular technologies in support of the SIT, applying post-factory nutritional, hormonal, and semiochemical treatments, applying the SIT to eradicate outbreaks of invasive pests, and using the SIT against mosquito vectors of disease. This book will be useful reading for students in animal-, human-, and plant-health courses. The in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes, complete with extensive lists of scientific references, will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal-, human-, and plant-health practitioners, and policy makers.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000377768
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1200
Book Description
The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly method of pest control that integrates well into area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programmes. This book takes a generic, thematic, comprehensive, and global approach in describing the principles and practice of the SIT. The strengths and weaknesses, and successes and failures, of the SIT are evaluated openly and fairly from a scientific perspective. The SIT is applicable to some major pests of plant-, animal-, and human-health importance, and criteria are provided to guide in the selection of pests appropriate for the SIT. In the second edition, all aspects of the SIT have been updated and the content considerably expanded. A great variety of subjects is covered, from the history of the SIT to improved prospects for its future application. The major chapters discuss the principles and technical components of applying sterile insects. The four main strategic options in using the SIT — suppression, containment, prevention, and eradication — with examples of each option are described in detail. Other chapters deal with supportive technologies, economic, environmental, and management considerations, and the socio-economic impact of AW-IPM programmes that integrate the SIT. In addition, this second edition includes six new chapters covering the latest developments in the technology: managing pathogens in insect mass-rearing, using symbionts and modern molecular technologies in support of the SIT, applying post-factory nutritional, hormonal, and semiochemical treatments, applying the SIT to eradicate outbreaks of invasive pests, and using the SIT against mosquito vectors of disease. This book will be useful reading for students in animal-, human-, and plant-health courses. The in-depth reviews of all aspects of the SIT and its integration into AW-IPM programmes, complete with extensive lists of scientific references, will be of great value to researchers, teachers, animal-, human-, and plant-health practitioners, and policy makers.