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Science 12 June 1970:
Vol. 168. no. 3937, pp. 1368 - 1369
DOI: 10.1126/science.168.3937.1368
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Suppression and Elimination of an Island Population of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus with Sterile Males

R. S. Patterson 1, D. E. Weidhaas 1, H. R. Ford 1, and C. S. Lofgren 1

1 United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Entomology Research Division, Gainesville, Florida 32601

The release of 8,400 to 18,000 males per day of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus Say which had been exposed to a sterilizing agent (thiotepa), suppressed and eliminated an indigenous population of this mosquito on an island off the coast of Florida in a 10-week period. Sterile males were effective in seeking out and mating with females on the island.


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