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1. Genetic control of invasive fish: technological options and its role in integrated pest management

Author:
Ronald E. Thresher; Keith Hayes; Nicholas J. Bax; John Teem; Tillmann J. Benfey; Fred Gould
Source:
Biological invasions 2014 v.16 no.6 pp. 1201-1216
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
biological control; fish; genes; genetic techniques and protocols; insect pests; integrated pest management; invasive species; issues and policy; males; models; sterile insect technique; triploidy; United States
Abstract:
... Genetic options for the control of invasive fishes were recently reviewed and synthesized at a 2010 international symposium, held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA. The only option currently available “off-the-shelf” is triploidy, which can be used to produce sterile males for a release program analogous to those widely and successfully used for biological control of insect pests. However, the Troj ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-013-0477-0