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[en] Entire insect populations can sometimes be eliminated, under suitable circumstances, by the sterile male technique. This necessitates the mass-rearing of large numbers of male insects which are sterilized by radiation and released. IAEA, in collaboration with FAO, is supporting research into the possibility of using the method against the fruit-fly which causes havoc in the Mediterranean olive crop.
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