[14-22] Sterile Insect Technique (SIT): promoting operational success across programs and irradiation platforms

Fri. Aug 30, 2024 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM Room C-1

Chair: Chao Chen (University of Florida)

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9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[14-22-01] A new target of SIT in Okinawa, Japan: West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus. Its reproductive biology.

*Chihiro Himuro^1,2,3, Tsuyoshi Ohishi⁴, Takashi Matsuyama⁵, Yusuke Ikegawa^1,2,3, Atsushi Honma^1,2,3, Norikuni Kumano⁶ (1. Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center (Japan), 2. Ryukyu Sankei Co., Ltd. (Japan), 3. University of the Ryukyus (Japan), 4. Okinawa Prefecture Forest Resources Research Center; Nago (Japan), 5. Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center; Itoman (Japan), 6. Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Department of Life Science and Agriculture, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (Japan))

Cancelled

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

[14-22-02] Presentation Withdrawn

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[14-22-03] The importance of dosimetry in optimizing radiation doses received by insects for sterile insect technique

*Philip Rudolph Beukes¹, Desmond Conlong², Samara Singh³, Lawrence Malinga³, Givemore Munhenga⁴, Megan Mulcahy⁵, Jerome Johnson⁶, Nelisiwe Hlatswayo³, Jodi Lieberman⁷ (1. NRF iThemba LABS (South Africa), 2. Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch (South Africa), 3. South African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe (South Africa), 4. Centre for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (South Africa), 5. River Bioscience, Gqeberha (South Africa), 6. FruitFly Africa, Stellenbosch (South Africa), 7. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (United States of America))

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

[14-22-04] Enhancing the sterile insect technique (SIT) for Aedes albopictus management: an assessment of quality control measures and post-capture longevity in transported males

*Antonios Michaelakis¹, George Balatsos¹, Vasileios Karras¹, Nikolaos T Papadopoulos², Arianna Puggioli³, Romeo Bellini³ (1. Benaki Phytopathological Institute (Greece), 2. University of Thessaly (Greece), 3. Centro Agricoltura Ambiente “G. Nicoli” (Italy))

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

[14-22-05] Deciphering molecular response to irradiation in a lepidopteran pest of tree nuts for sterile insect technique evaluation

*Raman Bansal¹, Dylan Tussey², Charles Burks¹, Houston Wilson² (1. United States Department of Agriculture (United States of America), 2. University of California Riverside (United States of America))

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

[14-22-06] SIT in practice: enhancing the longterm sustainability of a commercial SIT programme

*Sean Thackeray¹, Megan Mulcahy¹ (1. River Bioscience (South Africa))

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

[14-22-07] Investigating endogenous factors influencing radiosensitivity and male quality of irradiated Aedes aegypti males: strain geographical origin

*Hadian Iman Sasmita¹, Beni Ernawan¹, Nur Fitrianto², Murni Indarwatmi¹, Indah Arastuti Nasution¹ (1. Research Center for Radiation Process Technology, National Research and Innovation Agency (Indonesia), 2. Research Center for Food Technology and Processing, National Research and Innovation Agency (Indonesia))

Cancelled

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

[14-22-08] Impact of sterile male releases on Drosophila suzukii population growth and fruit infestation in greenhous strawberry

*Ghais Zriki¹, Rémy Belois¹, Pierre-Yves Poupart¹, Bérenice Cariou², Simon Fellous² (1. CTIFL (France), 2. CBGP, INRAE (France))

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