Bacterial Symbionts in Ceratitis capitata. [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Simple Summary The Mediterranean fly (Medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is considered one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests, as it can attack commercially important fruit, thus causing considerable economic damages, estimated to be more than 2 ...
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Potential of Oscheius tipulae nematodes as biological control agents against Ceratitis capitata. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 A survey to collect soil nematodes with potential to control Ceratitis capitata flies was carried out in different locations in Tunisia. Several nematode isolates were recovered, laboratory colonies were established, and their taxonomic identities were ...
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Chill coma recovery of Ceratitis capitata adults across the Northern Hemisphere. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2022 The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an invasive pest, that is currently expanding its geographic distribution from the Mediterranean coasts to more temperate areas of Europe.
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Gene drive and genetic sex conversion in the global agricultural pestCeratitis capitata
bioRxiv, 2023 Homing-based gene drives are recently proposed interventions promising the area-wide, species-specific genetic control of harmful insect populations.
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Engineered sex ratio distortion by X-shredding in the global agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata. [PDF]
BMC Biol, 2021 Background Genetic sex ratio distorters are systems aimed at effecting a bias in the reproductive sex ratio of a population and could be applied for the area-wide control of sexually reproducing insects that vector disease or disrupt agricultural ...
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In toto light sheet fluorescence microscopy live imaging datasets of Ceratitis capitata embryonic development [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2022 Design Type(s) non-invasive long-term fluorescence live imaging Measurement Type(s) three-dimensional fluorophore distribution over time in a developing organism Technology Type(s) digital scanned laser light sheet fluorescence microscopy (DSLM) Factor ...
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De novo assembly and transcriptome analysis of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata early embryos. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata, also known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or Medfly, belongs to the Tephritidae family, which includes a large number of other damaging pest species.
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Field detection and predicted evolution of spinosad resistance in Ceratitis capitata. [PDF]
Pest Manag Sci, 2020 BACKGROUND The sustainable control of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), is compromised by the development of resistance to malathion and lambda‐cyhalothrin in Spanish field populations.
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Temperature and spinosad-induced modulation of antioxidant enzyme activity and gene expression of adaptive stress-related genes in Ceratitis capitata [PDF]
Open Veterinary JournalBackground: Environmental changes and rising temperatures have intensified the emergence of insect species as significant agricultural pests. Understanding the physiological and molecular responses of these pests to heat stress is essential for ...
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Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2020 The use of pesticides against the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) as a tool to control the pest has become an obstacle to the fresh agricultural products export to many countries that restrict pesticides ...
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