Talk:Sterile insect technique

A fact from Sterile insect technique appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 August 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the sterile insect technique has been successfully used to fight malaria?

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Development

Literally no sources listed for the development of this technique. How is it an entire section crucial to the page goes unsourced or annotated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.6.198.197 (talk) 14:39, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Untitled

How does one separate the males from the females? By hand? Paul Studier 23:07, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SIT & RIDL

If the RIDL male mosquito is not sterile why would it be included on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.111.77 (talk) 16:17, 31 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]