STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE (SIT)

Aug. 24, 2019

Bangladesh is studying the feasibility of applying Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) to control the dengue outbreak. A team of experts from WHO-FAO and IAEA arrived in Dhaka to discuss the feasibility of this technique.

About:

What is it? Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is a 'mosquito fights mosquito technique.'
Working: Under this, radiation sterilised male mosquitoes are released in areas with dengue causing female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes turning them infertile.
Significance: This is an environmentally friendly method to control mosquitoes as no pesticide is used.
Global scenario of usage: This breakthrough technique has been tested successfully at two sites in Guangzhou in China.

Source : All India Radio

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