The idea of controlling insects by sterilising technique was first conceived by E.F. Knipling as far back as 1937 in a laboratory in Texas, USA. While studying the biology of the screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), he observed that the female fly mated only once (monogamous). From this, he argued that if the males of […]
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