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Wolbachia-based strategies for control of agricultural pests
Background
Wolbachia-based incompatible insect technique (IIT) and pathogen blocking technique (PBT) have been shown to be effective at protecting humans from mosquito-borne diseases in the past decades. Population suppression based on IIT and population replacement based on PBT have become major field application strategies that have continuously been improved by the translational research on Wolbachia-transinfected mosquitoes. Similarly, Wolbachia-based approaches have been proposed for the protection of plants from agricultural pests and their associated diseases.
Gong, J. T., Li, T. P., Wang, M. K., & Hong, X. Y. (2023). Wolbachia-based strategies for control of agricultural pests. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 101039.