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Consultants' Group Meeting on Tsetse Genetics in Relation to Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis Control/Eradication

Abstract

The FAO and IAEA have long recognized the need for methods for insect and pest control based upon approaches other than simply the widespread use of insecticides. Through the past several years the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has expended a considerable amount of effort in the development of a SIT programme applicable to tsetse. Such programmes have proved to be a highly successful component of the integrated control of tsetse flies. However, the pilot programmes undertaken to date have been applied to areas of limited size and future integrated control programmes for tsetse must cover much larger regions. The Consultants' Group was cognisant of the continued need for improvements in the cost effectiveness in the mass production of tsetse, particularly for SIT programmes. The Consultants' Goup recognized also that FAO/IAEA plays an important leadership role in the development of new technologies for the control of insect pest populations, and in the transfer of such technologies to assist in the improvement of agricultural production, particularly in developing countries. In addition to research on the development of methods for insect control (emphasizing application of the Sterile Insect Technique), the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in  More>>
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
INIS-XA-12N0680
Resource Relation:
Conference: Consultants' Group Meeting on Tsetse Genetics in Relation to Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis Control/Eradication, Vienna (Austria), 12-16 Oct 1992
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; AGRICULTURE; CONSULTANTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAO; FLIES; GENETICS; IAEA; INSECTICIDES; MEETINGS; PEST CONTROL; RECOMMENDATIONS; STERILE MALE TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGY; CONTROL; DIPTERA; DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; INSECTS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; INVERTEBRATES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PERSONNEL; PESTICIDES
OSTI ID:
21555036
Research Organizations:
Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XA12N0680033093
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form. Also available on-line: http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/ipc/public/ipc-tsetse-genetics-for-control.pdf
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
17 pages
Announcement Date:
May 31, 2012

Citation Formats

None. Consultants' Group Meeting on Tsetse Genetics in Relation to Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis Control/Eradication. IAEA: N. p., 1992. Web.
None. Consultants' Group Meeting on Tsetse Genetics in Relation to Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis Control/Eradication. IAEA.
None. 1992. "Consultants' Group Meeting on Tsetse Genetics in Relation to Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis Control/Eradication." IAEA.
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title = {Consultants' Group Meeting on Tsetse Genetics in Relation to Tsetse/Trypanosomiasis Control/Eradication}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The FAO and IAEA have long recognized the need for methods for insect and pest control based upon approaches other than simply the widespread use of insecticides. Through the past several years the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has expended a considerable amount of effort in the development of a SIT programme applicable to tsetse. Such programmes have proved to be a highly successful component of the integrated control of tsetse flies. However, the pilot programmes undertaken to date have been applied to areas of limited size and future integrated control programmes for tsetse must cover much larger regions. The Consultants' Group was cognisant of the continued need for improvements in the cost effectiveness in the mass production of tsetse, particularly for SIT programmes. The Consultants' Goup recognized also that FAO/IAEA plays an important leadership role in the development of new technologies for the control of insect pest populations, and in the transfer of such technologies to assist in the improvement of agricultural production, particularly in developing countries. In addition to research on the development of methods for insect control (emphasizing application of the Sterile Insect Technique), the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture has established and implemented five 'Co-ordinated Research Programmes' on tsetse and has, from time to time, convened groups of consultants to discuss and make recommendations on specific subjects. At least two such meetings (in July 1975 and November 1987) focused on genetic methods of insect control. The recent, rapid developments in molecular biology have stimulated interest in the application of genetic techniques to the problem of tsetse and trypanosomiasis control in Africa.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1992}
month = {Jul}
}