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Edward Fred Knipling
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Edward Fred Knipling

American entomologist

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development of Sterile Insect Technique

  • Screwworm
    In screwworm: Development of the Sterile Insect Technique

    Edward Fred Knipling, a pioneering American entomologist, developed this efficient, pesticide-free method of insect control with colleague Raymond Bushland in the mid-1900s. Given that each female mates only once, Knipling theorized that screwworms could be eradicated by sterilizing male flies in large numbers, then releasing…

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