Essential of Genetic Control

• Target pest must be key pest with substantial public health hazards
• Ecology, biology and behavior of the pest should be clearly understood.
• The pest should be liable to sterilize.
• The sterilization technique should be economical for mass production and release without any deterioration in their behavior
• Quality control producer are the key elements to the environment free of the other disturbance
• Male and female should mix completely with natural population.

Advantage

• No harm to plants and animals, no problem of developing resistance and no environment pollution.
• The great advantage of using genetic control is that genetic trait existing in a population can be fully utilized for self-control
• Public health scientists are keenly interested in the control of vector transmitting disease in addition to agricultural experts.
• The technique covers large area or island the cost of the control is well justified in the long run.

Disadvantage

• Initial cost of this technique is higher
• The technique is not practicable against prolific, less economic and sporadic pest species
• Well equipped lab facility is needed for mass production of the sterilized insect.