Editing Pesticide (section)

===Biological control engineering===
Interfering with insects' reproduction can be accomplished by [[Sterile insect technique|sterilizing males]] of the target species and releasing them, so that they [[mating|mate]] with females but do not produce offspring.<ref name="sustaining"/> This technique was first used on the [[Cochliomyia hominivorax|screwworm fly]] in 1958 and has since been used with the [[medfly]], the [[tsetse fly]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Biological Control of Pests |date=Jul 25, 2007 |url=http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Biocontrols.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070921015356/http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Biocontrols.html |archive-date=September 21, 2007 |access-date=Sep 17, 2007}}</ref> and the [[gypsy moth]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Skylab, Classroom in Space |publisher=[[Marshall Space Flight Center|MSFC]] |year=1977 |editor-last=Summerlin |editor-first=Lee B. |location=Washington |chapter=Chapter 17: Life Sciences |access-date=Sep 17, 2007 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-401/ch17.htm}}</ref> This is a costly and slow approach that only works on some types of insects.<ref name="sustaining"/>