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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Farms, Agricultural Production Systems > disease and pest management > pest management > pest control > insect control > sterile insect technique
Preferred Term:

sterile insect technique

Definition:
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.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
insect control
Entry Terms:
  • sterile male release
  • sterile release
  • SIT (sterile insect technique)
  • sterile insect release
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/47372
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2012-11-30
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