date:Dec 18, 2018
ecretary of Planning and Development since 2016, on the development and implementation of the sterile insect technique. This is a method of pest control that reduces the birth rate of fruit flies by sterilizing males with ionizing radiation, and subsequently releasing them into the environment. The sterile males then mate with wild females, but there are no offspring and the population declines.
Following the implementation of the project, Ecuadors fruit fly population is expected to drop conti