Saltbush-associated Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in the Mediterranean Basin and their chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) [PDF]
, 2014 Numerous species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) have been recorded from saltbush (Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex) around the world but only 11 of them belong to the large cecidomyiid genus Asphondylia. Of these, two species were de-scribed in the late
Askew, Richard R. +2 more
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Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 2018 Bacterial blight (BB) of rice caused by the pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and the insect gall midge (GM) (Orseolia oryzae) are two major limitations of rice production.
Krishnakumar R and, N. Kumaravadivel
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021 Galls, neo-formed plant structures that can occur in different organs, are generated by species-specific interaction with an inducing organism. Inducers manipulate the metabolism of its host. Microgramma vacciniifolia (Langsd. & Fisch.) Copel.
M. G. Santos +5 more
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Biology, Injury, and Control of the European Needle-bending Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Scotch Pine in Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 Contarinia baeri is univoltine in Michigan. Adults emerge in spring, and females deposit eggs in small clusters in the sheaths of new-growth pine needles. Larvae hatch shortly thereafter and there are three larval instars.
Sapio, Frank J +2 more
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Flower heating following anthesis and the evolution of gall midge pollination in Schisandraceae [PDF]
, 2010 Premise of the study: Flower heating is known from a few species in 11 of the c. 450 families of flowering plants. Flowers in these families produce heat metabolically and are adapted to beetles or flies as pollinators.
Chaw, Shu-Miaw +3 more
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A Horizontal Gene Transfer Led to the Acquisition of a Fructan Metabolic Pathway in a Gall Midge
Advanced Biosystems, 2020 Animals are thought to use only glucose polymers (glycogen) as energy reserve, whereas both glucose (starch) and fructose polymers (fructans) are used by microbes and plants. Here, it is reported that the gall midge Mayetiola destructor, and likely other
Xiaoyan Cheng +5 more
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EDIS, 2004 The predatory gall midge, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot), is one of the most effective and widespread natural enemies of spider mites (Tetranychidae) (Gagne 1995).
Ryan S. Osborne +2 more
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The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America. Raymond J. Gagne. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 14850. 1989. 356 pp. $45.00 (cloth). [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) Every once in a while a reference book comes along that is a special pleasure to review. Such a tome is The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America by Raymond J. Gagne.
Wilson, Louis F
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First report of Dasineura oxycoccana in Lithuania - Short Communication
Plant Protection Science, 2019 Damage by the blueberry gall midge Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) was found on different cultivars of highbush Vaccinium corymbosum L. at different localities of Lithuania. D. oxycoccana is a serious insect pest of blueberries in
Elena Survilienė, Sonata Kazlauskaitė
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New genus and species of Schizomyiina (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) from Brazil
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021 A new gall midge genus, Distinctamyia gen. nov., and a new species Distinctamyia matogrossensis sp. nov. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) are herein described and illustrated (larvae, pupal exuviae, male and female). The new species induces conical, green, hairy
Barbara Proença, Valéria Cid Maia
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