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- Title: Third-Generation Biotechnology a First Look: The Development of New Techniques in Pest Control Should Spur Regulators to Launch a Rigorous Examination of the Ethical, Legal, And Social Implications (Biotechnology)
- Author : Issues in Science and Technology
- Release Date : January 22, 2008
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 225 KB
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In May 2008, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a draft environmental impact statement for the use of genetically engineered fruit flies and pink bollworms in plant pest control programs. According to the statement, the transgenic insects "carry a heritable sterility gene resulting in only male and no female offspring in the field." As a result, the statement concluded, "The wild population would soon collapse because of the elimination of female flies." As a general pest control technique, the mass rearing and release of sterile males to mate with wild females is by no means new. But every significant program that applies this technique today relies on radiation to sterilize the insects. A problem is that radiation compromises mating competitiveness and makes released insects less effective in the field. As a result, more insects must be released, with additional costs. Genetic engineering, on the other hand, minimizes these kinds of problems. Bollworms and fruit flies genetically engineered for sterility are much heartier, sexually active, and competitive than those sterilized by radiation. In recognition of these advantages, the USDA's draft statement recommends the "integration of genetically engineered insects" into pest control programs.
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