Abstract
During recent years extensive evidence has been accumulating on the development of insecticide resistance in various species of insects and ticks. The progressive increase in the number of such insecticide resistant strains has thus created a challenging task for parasitologists to devise suitable techniques for the control of economically-important arthropods, without involving the use of insecticides and acaricides. Success in inducing sterility in various species of insects, e.g. screw-worm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Bushland, 1960), horn fly Haematobia irritans (L.) (Lewis & Eddy, 1964), and the common cattle grub Hypoderma lineatum (de Villers) (Drummond, 1963) has generated great interest in the feasibility of using the sterile-male technique for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases.
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