Modeling the Sterile Insect Technique for Suppression of Light Brown Apple Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

• Published in: Journal of economic entomology Vol. 104; no. 5; pp. 1462 - 1475
• Main Authors: Kean, John M, Suckling, David Maxwell, Stringer, Lloyd D, Woods, Bill
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Entomological Society of America 01.10.2011
• Subjects: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; Epiphyas postvittana; extinction; Female; irradiation; Male; males; Models, Biological; monitoring; moths; Moths - radiation effects; Pest Control, Biological - methods; population growth; progeny; risk; simulation models; sterile insect technique; traps; New Zealand; Australia
• ISSN: 0022-0493; 1938-291X
• DOI: 10.1603/EC11086

A population model was derived for light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), subject to the sterile insect technique (SIT). The model was parameterized from the literature and from recent laboratory studies conducted in New Zealand and Australia. Relationships...