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Genetic Biocontrol for Invasive Species [PDF]

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020
Invasive species are increasingly affecting agriculture, food, fisheries, and forestry resources throughout the world. As a result of global trade, invasive species are often introduced into new environments where they become established and cause harm ...
John L. Teem, Luke Alphey, Sarah Descamps, Matt P. Edgington, Owain Edwards, Neil Gemmell, Tim Harvey-Samuel, Rachel L. Melnick, Kevin P. Oh, Antoinette J. Piaggio, J. Royden Saah, Dan Schill, Paul Thomas, Trevor Smith, Andrew Roberts   +14 more
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The Promise and Challenge of Genetic Biocontrol Approaches for Malaria Elimination [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Malaria remains an ongoing public health challenge, with over 600,000 deaths in 2021, of which approximately 96% occurred in Africa. Despite concerted efforts, the goal of global malaria elimination has stalled in recent years.
Stephanie James, Michael Santos
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Conditions for Investment in Genetic Biocontrol of Pest Vertebrates in Australia [PDF]

Frontiers in Agronomy, 2022
Managing pest vertebrate species in Australia is a significant challenge for government, industry, research sectors and land-managers. Innovative tools such as genetic biocontrol offers decision-makers a potentially effective means of reducing the impact
Lucy Carter, Lucy Carter, Aditi Mankad, Aditi Mankad, Susan Campbell, Wendy Ruscoe, Wendy Ruscoe, Kevin P. Oh, Kevin P. Oh, Peter R. Brown, Peter R. Brown, Margaret Byrne, Mark Tizard, Mark Tizard, Mark Tizard, Tanja Strive, Tanja Strive   +16 more
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APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING TO GENETIC BIOCONTROL. [PDF]

SIAM J Appl Math, 2023
We review existing approaches to optimizing the deployment of genetic biocontrol technologies-tools used to prevent vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue-and formulate a mathematical program that enables the incorporation of crucial ecological and logistical details.
Vásquez VN, Marshall JM.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Toward invasive mussel genetic biocontrol: Approaches, challenges, and perspectives [PDF]

iScience, 2023
Summary: Invasive freshwater mussels, such as the zebra (Dreissena polymorpha), quagga (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis), and golden (Limnoperna fortunei) mussel have spread outside their native ranges throughout many regions of the North American, South
Víctor H. Hernández Elizárraga, Scott Ballantyne, Lindsey G. O'Brien, Juliana A. Americo, Steven T. Suhr, Marie-Claude Senut, Ben Minerich, Christopher M. Merkes, Thea M. Edwards, Katy Klymus, Catherine A. Richter, Diane L. Waller, Yale J. Passamaneck, Mauro F. Rebelo, Daryl M. Gohl   +14 more
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Selection, counterselection, and conditional gene expression for genetic biocontrol of insects [PDF]

Insect Science
Abstract Genetic biocontrol methods are species‐specific ways to suppress or modify pest insect populations to mitigate their economic or health impact. Successful genetic biocontrol often requires mass releases of only males of the target species.
Zhijian Tu
exaly   +4 more sources

How population control of pests is modulated by density dependence: The perspective of genetic biocontrol [PDF]

Journal of Theoretical Biology
Abstract Managing pest species relies critically on mechanisms that regulate population dynamics, particularly those factors that change with population size. These density-dependent factors can help or hinder control efforts and are especially relevant considering recent advances in genetic techniques that allow for ...
Alun L Lloyd, Cole D Butler
exaly   +5 more sources

HUGE pipeline to measure temporal genetic variation in Drosophila suzukii populations for genetic biocontrol applications. [PDF]

Front Insect Sci, 2022
Understanding the fine-scale genome sequence diversity that exists within natural populations is important for developing models of species migration, temporal stability, and range expansion. For invasive species, agricultural pests, and disease vectors, sequence diversity at specific loci in the genome can impact the efficacy of next-generation ...
Feltman NR, Burkness EC, Ebbenga DN, Hutchison WD, Smanski MJ.   +4 more
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The LAST Mile: Evaluating Genetic Biocontrol as a Supplemental Tool for Eradicating Invasive Rodents on Islands [PDF]

Evolutionary Applications
Invasive rodents cause severe ecosystem degradation on islands and can be challenging to eradicate. Current best‐practices rely on the application of toxic oral baits and have led to successful eradications and remarkable recoveries of native flora and ...
Aysegul Birand, Bruce A. Hay, Matthew Combs, Luke Gierus, Katherine E. Horak, Kevin P. Oh, Louise J. Robertson, Paul Q. Thomas, Ana M. Velasquez‐Escobar, David J. Will, Maciej Maselko, Antoinette J. Piaggio   +11 more
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Leveraging sex determination systems for genetic biocontrol of dipteran pests. [PDF]

Curr Opin Insect Sci
Genetic biocontrol is an increasingly important way to suppress insect pest populations and to mitigate their economic and health impact. One key advantage is that it is species-specific, as it relies on the mating of released males with wild females to either suppress or modify populations.
Scott MJ, Tu Z.
europepmc   +3 more sources