INSECT CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling a population of target insects, comprising: a) providing a gene comprising a coding sequence encoding one constituent of an enzyme/pro-pesticide system and a promoter capable of driving the coding sequence in the target insects in a sex-specific manner; b) transforming at least part of the population of target insects with the gene, and allowing the transposable elements to spread within the target insect population; and c) administering to the population of target insects the remaining constituent(s) of the enzyme/pro-drug system.