Bacterial Symbionts in Ceratitis capitata [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) is responsible for extensive damage in agriculture with important economic losses. Several strategies have been proposed to control this insect pest including insecticides and the Sterile Insect Technique. Traditional control methods should be implemented by innovative tools, among which those based on insect ...
Alessia Cappelli +6 more
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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 ...
Ameni Loulou +6 more
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Gene drive and genetic sex conversion in the global agricultural pest Ceratitis capitata
bioRxiv, 2023 Homing-based gene drives are recently proposed interventions promising the area-wide, species-specific genetic control of harmful insect populations.
Angela Meccariello +8 more
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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.
Marco Salvemini +8 more
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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 ...
N. A. Soliman +4 more
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First record of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the state of Acre, Brazil
EntomoBrasilis, 2017 . We report for the first time the presence of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the state of Acre, Brazil, reared from guava fruit (Psidium guajava L.) and star fruit (Averrhoacarambola L.).
Ricardo Adaime +5 more
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The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species [PDF]
Genome Biology, 2016 The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a major destructive insect pest due to its broad host range, which includes hundreds of fruits and vegetables.
Alexie Papanicolaou +64 more
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Evolutionary Conservation of Ceratitis capitata transformer Gene Function [PDF]
Genetics, 2005 Abstract Transformer functions as a binary switch gene in the sex determination and sexual differentiation of Drosophila melanogaster and Ceratitis capitata, two insect species that separated nearly 100 million years ago. The TRA protein is required for female differentiation of XX individuals, while XY individuals express smaller ...
Attilio Pane +3 more
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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 +6 more
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Tritrophic relations and spatial distribution of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Cerrado and Caatinga regions in Piauí, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2022 Knowledge about the spatial distribution of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and tritrophic interactions (fruit-fruit fly parasitoid) contributes to the monitoring and maintenance of the numerical density at a level lower than economic damage.
Edineia da Silva Araújo +5 more
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