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Fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with fruit orchards in the province of Luya, Amazonas, Peru [PDF]

Frontiers in Insect Science
In the province of Luya, the presence of fruit flies (Tephritidae) in fruit orchards causes significant losses to the family economy. This study aimed to identify, using morphological and molecular methods, the Tephritidae species associated with fruit ...
Enistein Reyna-Rivera, Vilma Aguilar-Rafael, Wagner Meza-Maicelo, Wagner Meza-Maicelo, Henry W. Santillan-Culquimboz, Henry W. Santillan-Culquimboz, Duber Banda-Martinez, Duber Banda-Martinez, Luis Cubas-Vasquez, Santos Leiva-Espinoza, Santos Leiva-Espinoza   +10 more
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Fluctuation des populations et évaluation des dégâts des mouches de fruits (Diptera : Tephritidae) dans les parcs à karité de l’Ouest du Burkina Faso : cas du transect Koumbia-Dano

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2023
Description of the subject. Shea fruit pulp is consumed by rural communities, especially during times of food shortage. However, shea fruits are infested with fruit flies that affect the pulp quality. Objectives. This study was conducted during the shea
Issaka Zida, Alizèta Sawadogo, Salamata Djiguemdé, Brigitte Bastide   +3 more
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Tephritid Fruit Fly Species Composition, Seasonality, and Fruit Infestations in Two Central African Agro-Ecological Zones

Insects, 2022
Bactrocera dorsalis and several Africa-native Ceratitis species are serious constraints to fruit production in sub-Saharan Africa. A long-term trapping and fruit collection study was conducted (2011–2016) in two contrasting agro-ecological zones (AEZs ...
Samuel Nanga Nanga, Rachid Hanna, Apollin Fotso Kuate, Komi K. M. Fiaboe, Ibrahim Nchoutnji, Michel Ndjab, Désiré Gnanvossou, Samira A. Mohamed, Sunday Ekesi, Champlain Djieto-Lordon   +9 more
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Mango Fruit Fly, Marula Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)

EDIS, 2004
Ceratitis cosyra is commonly known as the mango fruit fly or marula fruit fly based on its common occurrence in these host plants. Marula is a native African fruit related to mango and sometimes known locally as wild plum.
Gary J. Steck
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Leaves and seeds extracts of Vitex agnus castus L., an ecological and effective alternative to conventional insecticides against fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]

Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2022
The objective of this work is to investigate the insecticidal activity of Vitex agnus castus (VAC; Lamiales: Lamiaceae) essential oils and organic extracts against the species Ceratitis capitata L. adults (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Aicha Hamdouch, Ali Asdadi, Laila Bijla, Said Gharby, Rachid Bouharroud, Bouchra Chebli, Lalla Mina Idrissi Hassani   +6 more
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Patterns of Remating Behaviour in Ceratitis (Diptera: Tephritidae) Species of Varying Lifespan

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Trade-offs between life-history traits offset the energetic costs of maintaining fitness in complex environments. Ceratitis species have been recorded to have long lifespans, which may have evolved in response to seasonal resource fluctuation. It is thus
Tania Pogue, Kevin Malod, Christopher W. Weldon   +2 more
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Expanding the Medfly Virome: Viral Diversity, Prevalence, and sRNA Profiling in Mass-Reared and Field-Derived Medflies

Viruses, 2022
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is an agricultural pest of a wide range of fruits. The advent of high-throughput sequencing has boosted the discovery of RNA viruses infecting insects.
Luis Hernández-Pelegrín, Ángel Llopis-Giménez, Cristina Maria Crava, Félix Ortego, Pedro Hernández-Crespo, Vera I. D. Ros, Salvador Herrero   +6 more
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Τhe complete mitochondrial genomes of Ceratitis rosa and Ceratitis quilicii, members of the Ceratitis FAR species complex (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
Ceratitis FAR is an African species complex comprising insect pests of great economic interest and obscure species limits. Here, we report the mitochondrial genomes of two members of the FAR complex, namely Ceratitis rosa and the recently characterized ...
Elena Drosopoulou, Aristi Damaskou, Angeliki Markou, Sunday Ekesi, Fathiya Khamis, Aruna Manrakhan, Antonios A. Augustinos, George Tsiamis, Kostas Bourtzis   +8 more
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Faunal analysis and population density of fruit flies (Diptera: tephritidae) in an orchard located in the central western region of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Bioscience Journal, 2016
Fruit flies are considered important pests of world fruit production, causing significant losses in yield and limiting the free movement of fruit due to the restrictions imposed by importing countries.
Pedro Augusto Silva Duarte, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia, Vanessa Andaló   +2 more
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A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid identification of Ceratitis capitata and related species

Current Research in Insect Science, 2022
True fruit flies (Tephritidae) are among the most destructive agricultural pests in the world, attacking a wide range of fruits and vegetables. The Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata is a highly polyphagous species but, being widely established ...
Wannes Dermauw, Yannick Van Moerkercke, Negin Ebrahimi, Hans Casteels, Jochem Bonte, Johan Witters   +5 more
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