[HN Gopher] Insect pests and radiation: SIT, inherited sterility... ___________________________________________________________________ Insect pests and radiation: SIT, inherited sterility, biological control Author : suspecting Score : 14 points Date : 2023-09-20 05:06 UTC (17 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.iaea.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.iaea.org) | bobbygoodlatte wrote: | I initially mis-read this as IKEA and was ready for a much more | bizarre read | bigstrat2003 wrote: | Same here. I have to admit that the story was a lot more | exciting in my mind before I realized my mistake. | RecycledEle wrote: | Have You ever seen the movie "The Fly?" | [deleted] | sigmar wrote: | What percentage of the irradiated mosquitos die before mating? or | were successful in bearing offspring? Seems like a very 'blunt' | method, but perhaps cheaper than the Oxitec (genetic engineering) | approach? | laiwjerlia wrote: | I got to intern with the IAEA way back when. Nuclear power and | nuclear weapons are honestly the least interesting parts of their | work. | irq wrote: | For those looking for details about how nuclear technology is | used here: | | > Irradiation, such as with gamma rays and X-rays, is used to | sterilize mass-reared insects | | https://www.iaea.org/topics/sterile-insect-technique | ortusdux wrote: | In case you were wondering why you were downvoted, the 4th | paragraph of the main link covers all this. | xigency wrote: | It looks like this is from the primary source (IAEA) and the | submission is an almost verbatim copy. However, it's a | similarly short snippet. | | Here is another article including the illustrations copied on | the blog post which has more detail: | | IAEA How to Control Insect Pests Using Radiation | https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/how-to-control- | insect-p... | dang wrote: | Thanks! We changed the URL to that from | https://www.karlsnotes.com/how-the-iaea-uses-nuclear- | technol.... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-09-20 23:00 UTC)