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Leaf Trait Hyperspectral Characterization of Castanea sativa Miller Affected by Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu

Agronomy, 2023
While populations of the Asian chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu), an invasive pest affecting the European chestnut (Castanea sativa Miller), have started to be controlled biologically, this pest still conditions chestnut tree ...
Dimas Pereira-Obaya, Fernando Castedo-Dorado, Enoc Sanz-Ablanedo, Karen Brigitte Mejía-Correal, José Ramón Rodríguez-Pérez   +4 more
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First record of Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani, 1875) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) from Malta [PDF]

, 2016
Short correspondence article on Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani, 1875). A pteromalid wasp that emerged from puparia of Drosophila spp.
Farrugia, Lucia
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The evolutionary ecology of interactive synchronism: The illusion of the optimal phenotype [PDF]

, 2017
In this article, we discuss some ecological-evolutionary strategies that allow synchronization of organisms, resources, and conditions. Survival and reproduction require synchronization of life cycles of organisms with favourable environmental ...
Diniz-Filho, Jose Alexandre F, Martins, Rogerio P, tidon, rosana   +2 more
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Discovery of two Palearctic Bootanomyia Girault (Hymenoptera, Megastigmidae) parasitic wasp species introduced to North America [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Invasive species are among the greatest threats to ecosystems, but our ability to detect species introductions varies across taxa. Parasitoid wasps, though one of the most species-rich groups of all animals, are small and have ephemeral adult stages ...
Guerin E. Brown, Corey J. Lewis, Kathy Fridrich, Dylan G. Jones, Elijah A. Goodwin, Christian L. Weinrich, MaKella J. Steffensen, Kirsten M. Prior, Andrew A. Forbes   +8 more
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A new native host for Erythrina gall wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Entomological Communications, 2022
We record for the first time the Erythrina gall wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) attacking the mulungu plant, Erythrina velutina Willd.
Daniell R. R. Fernandes, Kevenson S. Dantas, Karoline G. Lima, Denis O. Cavalheiro, José A. Rafael   +4 more
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Female Fighting and Host Competition Among Four Sympatric Species of \u3ci\u3eMelittobia\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) [PDF]

, 2018
Melittobia is a genus of parasitic wasps well known for high levels of inbreeding and violent male combat. Casual observations of groups of sisters of M.
Deyrup, Leif D, Matthews, Robert W
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Occurrence of oriental chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) in Slovakia - short communication

Plant Protection Science, 2017
During 2014-2016, damage by the oriental chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) was found on sweet chestnut trees at 4 localities in Slovakia. Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a specific plant pest on Castanea spp.
Michal Pástor, Gabriela Juhásová, Dušan Juhás, Ladislav Bakay, Ján Kollár, Tibor Benčať   +5 more
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Ability to gall: The ultimate basis of host specificity in fig wasps? [PDF]

, 2015
1. Fig trees (Ficus spp.) and their host-specific pollinator fig wasps (Agaonidae) are partners in an obligate mutualism. Receptive phase figs release specific volatiles to attract their pollinators, and this is generally effective in preventing ...
Berg, Berg, Bronstein, Compton, Compton, Condit, Cook, Cook, Corlett, Cruaud, Dreger-Jauffret, Fleming, Galil, Ghana, Grison-Pige, Grison-Pige, Gu, Hardy, Harrison, Harrison, Jansen-González, Janzen, Jousselin, Jousselin, Jousselin, Khan, Kjellberg, Kusumi, Lin, Liu, Marussich, Matsukura, Miles, Moe, Molbo, Nefdt, Noort, Noort, Noort, Parrish, Pellmyr, Proffit, Proffit, Raguso, Raja, Raja, Raman, Raman, Ramirez, Ramirez, Ramirez, Roskam, Salzmann, Sanver, Schnitzler, Shi, Shorthouse, Shuttleworth, Skuhravy, Soler, Soler, Stone, Stone, Suleman, Suleman, Suleman, Suleman, Suleman, Tarachai, Tarachai, Tooker, Valdeyron, Verkerke, Verkerke, Wang, Ware, Ware, Weis, Wool, Zhang   +79 more
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Biological control of the chestnut gall wasp with \emph{T. sinensis}: a mathematical model

, 2015
The Asian chestnut gall wasp \emph{Dryocosmus kuriphilus}, native of China, has become a pest when it appeared in Japan, Korea, and the United States. In Europe it was first found in Italy, in 2002.
Alma, Alberto, Ferracini, Chiara, Manzo, Alberto, Paparella, Francesco, Portaluri, Alessandro   +4 more
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Transcription of satellite DNAs in insects [PDF]

, 2011
Chromatin condensation is an important regulatory mechanism of gene silencing as well as gene activation for the hundreds of functional protein genes harbored in heterochromatic regions of different insect species.
D. Ugarkovic, FELICIELLO, ISIDORO, J. Brajkovic, Z. Pezer   +3 more
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