What does SIT stand for?

Sterile Insect Technique

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The IAEA, which has been working on the problem with African countries for 30 years, can make available a Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), a nuclear-based pest control technology that is often described as "biological birth control for insects", according to the agency's website.

Nuclear science to fight sleeping sickness

Byline: ANI Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the release of sexually sterile male insects to wipe out a pest population, could be a potential solution to the problem of malaria, reveals a new study.

Sterile mosquitoes could ward off malaria

There are several methods on trial, including the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT).

Bunnys short service; The long and the short of it: Bunny Austin ...

FAO was urged to strengthen its campaign to eliminate the screw-worm from North Africa and the Mediterranean parts of Europe and the Near East, through the sterile insect technique, the only available and proven eradication method.

Economic and Social Council holds second session in Geneva; impact of ...

The sterile insect technique has been successfully employed on a large scale to control such pests as the Mediterranean fruit fly and the tsetse fly.

Peaceful uses of nuclear energy increasing worldwide