Editing Sterile insect technique (section)

==Drawbacks==
* Naturally low population periods or repeated pesticide treatment are sometimes required to suppress populations before the use of sterile insects.
* Sex separation can be difficult,<ref name="MamaiMaiga2020">{{cite journal|last1=Mamai|first1=Wadaka|last2=Maiga|first2=Hamidou|last3=Somda|first3=Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé|last4=Wallner|first4=Thomas|last5=Konczal|first5=Anna|last6=Yamada|first6=Hanano|last7=Bouyer|first7=Jérémy|title=''Aedes aegypti'' larval development and pupal production in the FAO/IAEA mass-rearing rack and factors influencing sex sorting efficiency|journal=Parasite|volume=27|year=2020|pages=43|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2020041|pmid=32553098|pmc=7301634|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> though this can be easily performed on a large scale where genetic sexing systems have been developed as for the Mediterranean fruit fly.
* Radiation, transport and release treatments can reduce male mating fitness.
* The technique is species-specific. For instance, the technique must be implemented separately for each of the 6 economically important tsetse fly species.
* Mass rearing and irradiation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/ipc/public/ipc-mass-reared-tephritid.html|title=FAO/IAEA/USDA Manual for Product Quality Control and Shipping Procedures for Sterile Mass-Reared Tephritid Fruit Flies, Manuals & Protocols, Insect Pest Control - NAFA|website=www-naweb.iaea.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/ipc/public/Tsetse_Rearing_SOP_web.pdf|title=FAO/IAEA. 2006. FAO/IAEA Standard Operating Procedures for Mass-Rearing Tsetse Flies, Version 1.0. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria. 239pp.}}</ref> require precision processes. Failures have occurred when unexpectedly fertile breeding males were released.
* Area-wide approach is more effective, as migration of wild insects from outside the control area could recreate the problem.
* The cost of producing sufficient sterile insects can be prohibitive in some locations<ref name="MamaiBimbilé Somda2019">{{cite journal|last1=Mamai|first1=Wadaka|last2=Bimbilé Somda|first2=Nanwintoum Sévérin|last3=Maiga|first3=Hamidou|last4=Konczal|first4=Anna|last5=Wallner|first5=Thomas|last6=Bakhoum|first6=Mame Thierno|last7=Yamada|first7=Hanano|last8=Bouyer|first8=Jérémy|title=Black soldier fly (''Hermetia illucens'') larvae powder as a larval diet ingredient for mass-rearing Aedes mosquitoes|journal=Parasite|volume=26|year=2019|pages=57|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2019059|pmid=31535969|pmc=6752115|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> but decreases with [[economies of scale]].