Balatsos Georgios, Puggioli Arianna, Karras Vasileios, Lytra Ioanna, Mastronikolos George, Carrieri Marco, Papachristos Dimitrios P, Malfacini Marco, Stefopoulou Angeliki, Ioannou Charalampos S, Balestrino Fabrizio, Bouyer Jérémy, Petrić Dušan, Pajović Igor, Kapranas Apostolos, Papadopoulos Nikos T, Milonas Panagiotis G, Bellini Romeo, Michaelakis Antonios
Scient. Directorate of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 14561 Kifissia, Greece.
Centro Agricoltura Ambiente "G. Nicoli", 40014 Crevalcore, Italy.
Insects. 2021 Jan 27;12(2):110. doi: 10.3390/insects12020110.
, an invasive mosquito species, is currently well established in many European countries, posing high risks to human health. A preliminary trial using repetitive releases of irradiated sterile male mosquitoes was designed, implemented and evaluated for the first time in Greece. The main scope of this trial was to investigate the efficacy of sterile insect technique (SIT) on wild population egg hatch rate in Greece using mass-produced sterile male mosquitoes from another country (Italy). The study was conducted in Vravrona area, close to Athens International Airport (Attica Region). The number of eggs laid in ovitraps was similar in all intervention and control plots. However, a significant reduction in egg hatch rate was recorded in the SIT plot in comparison with both control plots starting two weeks after the first release. This trial validates the logistics (transportation, releases handling and monitoring) as a major step towards implementing efficient, environmentally safe control approaches as an additional tool against the invasive species in Greece and more widely in Europe.
一种入侵性蚊子物种目前在许多欧洲国家已稳固存在，对人类健康构成高风险。在希腊首次设计、实施并评估了一项使用多次释放经辐照的不育雄蚊的初步试验。该试验的主要目的是利用从另一个国家（意大利）大规模生产的不育雄蚊，研究昆虫不育技术（SIT）对希腊野生种群卵孵化率的效果。该研究在靠近雅典国际机场（阿提卡地区）的弗拉夫罗娜地区进行。在所有干预区和对照区，诱蚊产卵器中所产的卵数量相似。然而，与两个对照区相比，在首次释放两周后，昆虫不育技术区的卵孵化率显著降低。该试验验证了后勤保障（运输、释放操作和监测），这是朝着实施高效、环境安全的控制方法迈出的重要一步，作为对抗希腊乃至欧洲更广泛地区入侵物种的额外工具。
