| Description |
xiii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The development of genetic methods of controlling the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina / G.G. Foster and M.J. Whitten -- Genetic control of spider mites / W.P.J. Overmeer -- A genetic approach to the population suppression of the common field cricket Teleogryllus commodus / T.W. Hogan -- WHO/ICMR program of genetic control in mosquitoes in India / R. Pal -- Incompatibility in Culex pipens / Janice Harumi Yen and A. Ralph Barr -- The current status of genetic methods for controlling Aedes aegypti / K.S. Rai, N. Lorimer and E. Hallinan -- Genetic studies on Culex tritaeniorhynchus / Richard H. Baker and Richard K. Sakai -- The present status of genetic control mechanisms in the house fly, Musca domestica L. / D.E. Wagoner, I.C. McDonald and D. Childress -- Ecology and sterile release programs, the measurement of relevant population processes before and during release and the assessment of results / M.D. Proverbs -- The future of chemical sterilants -- in entomology, their use against insect populations in the field and their mammalian toxicity and hazards / F.J. McDonald |
| Analysis |
Pests: Insects Genetic control |
| Notes |
Papers presented at a symposium held during the 14th International Congress of Entomology held in Canberra, Australia in Aug. 1972 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Entomology -- Genetics -- Congresses.
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Genetics.
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Insect pests -- Biological control -- Congresses.
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Insect pests -- Biological control.
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Insect pests -- Control.
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Insect sterilization.
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Insects -- Genetics -- Congresses.
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Insects -- Genetics.
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Genetics.
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Insect Control.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Pal, R., editor
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Whitten, M. J, editor
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International Congress of Entomology (14th : 1972 : Canberra, A.C.T.)
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| LC no. |
73090118 |
| ISBN |
0444106022 (American Elsevier) |
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0720441455 |
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