sterile male release

sterile male release (SRM)

a method of insect BIOLOGICAL CONTROL in which large numbers of sterile males of a pest species are produced and released into the pest population. Since many female insects only mate once, the idea of the technique is that females should mate with sterile rather than fertile males, thus decreasing dramatically the size of the next generation
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Bushland, who developed the sterile male release strategy.
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