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A major pest eradicated through release ...

A major pest eradicated through release of sterile males is

A

Screw worm

B

Aphids

C

Ladybug

D

Praying Mantis

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Sterile insect technique is a method of biological insect control where by overwhelming numbers of sterile insects are released into the wild. The released insects are preferably male that competes with wile male to mate with females. Females that mate with a sterile produce no offspring thus reducing the next generation population. Ex: The technique has successfully has been used to eradicate the screw worm fly from north and Central America.
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