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Scientific ReportsFruit flies belonging to Tephritidae family are highly destructive agricultural pests, posing a significant threat to various fruits and vegetables grown in Bangladesh.
Mahfuza Momen +4 more
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Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 9, Page 5214-5223, September 2025.Irradiated Drosophila melanogaster males successfully court and mate with D. suzukii females and significantly reduce numbers of D. suzukii offspring under different species ratios. Abstract BACKGROUND Reproductive interference (i.e. sexual interaction between males of one species and females of another species that reduce the fitness of one or both ...
Flavia Cerasti +6 more
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Determination of Instars of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]
Florida Entomologist, 2017 Abstract The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is one of the most important economic pests in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, where it causes serious damage to fruit production. This study aimed to investigate the criteria for dividing the instars of B.
Dan-Dan Wei +7 more
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 173, Issue 7, Page 661-673, July 2025.Insects interact with plants not only for nutrition but also to actively seek plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) for chemical defense, reproduction, and self‐medication—a behavior known as pharmacophagy. This review examines how insects across diverse orders acquire PSMs from both food and non‐food plants for non‐nutritional benefits.
Pragya Singh, Caroline Müller
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Variation in physiological host range in three strains of two species of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria [PDF]
, 2018 Knowledge of the host range of a biocontrol agent (BCA) is fundamental. Host range determines the BCA's economic potential, as well as the possible risk for non-target organisms. Entomopathogenic fungal strains belonging to the genus Beauveria are widely
Besse, Samantha +8 more
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Jurnal Perlindungan Tanaman Indonesia, 1999 Methyl eugenol (= ME) is an insect attractant. It is known that male Bactrocera dorsalis is attracted to ME. The objective of this research is to examine the effects of ME consumption on mating behavior and its success of Bactrocera carambolae ...
Suryati Syamsuclin Tati-Subahar
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Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 3055-3065, June 2025.Silencing Prosbeta‐5 and Prosbeta‐1 resulted in high mortality in Tetranychus urticae, identifying them as potential target genes for double‐stranded RNA‐based biopesticides using spray‐induced gene silencing (SIGS). Abstract BACKGROUND Because of the excessive use of synthetic chemicals, the two‐spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, a highly ...
Yifei Wang +10 more
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Ecdysis triggering hormone signaling (ETH/ETHR-A) is required for the larva-larva Ecdysis in Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Insects must undergo ecdysis for successful development and growth, and the ecdysis triggering hormone (ETH), released by the Inka cells, is a master hormone in this process. In this study, we determined the sequence of the ETH precursor and receptors in
Gui, Shun-Hua +7 more
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Psyche: A Journal of EntomologyA study was conducted to characterize the species composition of fruit flies in South Wollo and North Wollo administrative zones of northeastern Ethiopia.
Aderajew Mihretie +2 more
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شناسایی مگس های میوه (Dip.: Tephritidae) در زیست بوم های کشاورزی استان سیستان و بلوچستان [PDF]
تحقیقات آفات گیاهی, 2015 فون مگس های میوه (Diptera:Tephritidae) و میزبانهای آنها در استان سیستان و بلوچستان طی سال های 1387-1386 مورد بررسی قرار گرفت. در این بررسی، در مجموع 12 گونه متعلق به 7 جنس جمع آوری و شناسایی شد.
بهنام معتمدی نیا +4 more
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