An environmentally friendly pest control method, the sterile insect technique involves releasing mass-reared, sterilized male insects into the wild. These males mate with wild females, producing no offspring, which suppresses the population over time. Farmers, public health agencies, and communities benefit from reduced crop damage and decreased disease transmission, such as from fruit flies or mosquitoes.
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