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Keywords: the current status of the sterile insect release method, southwestern screwworm Cochliomya hominivorax eradication program, Dacus cucurbitae, Dacus dorsalis, Anastrepha ludens, Mexican fruit fly, Culex fatigans, Anopheles albimanus, cotton boll weevil Anthonomus grandis, Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata, codling moth Laspeyresia pomonella, genetic and other biological considerations to improve sterile release method, sex-killing systems, Tetranychus urticae, Musca domestica, Lucilia cuprina, noninduced sterility, inherited sterility, naturally occurring sterility, Culex fatigans, Telegogryllus

commodus, alternatives to sterile release method, genetic death mechanisms, genetic manipulation methods

Eradication programs: 1) Screwworm in Curacao and Florida, Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum, 2) Codling moth Laspeyresia pomonella,in British Colombia, 3) boll weevil Anthonomus grandis,