US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE
Biology
Predicting the Effectiveness of Population Replacement Strategy Using Mathematical Modeling
John Marshall 1, Koji Morikawa 1, Nicholas Manoukis 1, Charles Taylor 1
1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
Charles Taylor and John Marshall explain the utility of mathematical modeling for evaluating the effectiveness of population replacement strategy. Insight is given into how computational models can provide information on the population dynamics of mosquitoes and the spread of transposable elements through A. gambiae subspecies. The ethical considerations of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes into the wild are discussed.
Biology
An Optimized Protocol for Rearing Fopius arisanus, a Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies
Nicholas Manoukis 1, Scott Geib 1, Danny Seo 1, Michael McKenney 1, Roger Vargas 1, Eric Jang 1
1Agricultural Research Service, US Dept. of Agriculture, US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center
Fopius arisanus is an egg-larval parasitoid of Tephritid fruit flies that is successfully used in biological control of these important tropical pests. We describe here an optimized protocol for rearing F. arisanus on a small scale using readily available materials.
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