I would love to see this kind of thing done with the [0] pine beetle. It isn't an invasive species, but is killing off huge numbers of ponderosa and lodgepole pines in the rocky mountains due to the combination of forest fire surpression and unusually hot and dry summers.
The exploding number of pine beatles is commonly attributed to climate change giving the pine beattle a second generation of bugs every year[1]. A genetic control strategy that thinned the population I think would be really helpful at reducing their effect.
The exploding number of pine beatles is commonly attributed to climate change giving the pine beattle a second generation of bugs every year[1]. A genetic control strategy that thinned the population I think would be really helpful at reducing their effect.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_pine_beetle [1] https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2012/03/climate-change-sends...