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

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*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))