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Deep orange gene editing triggers temperature-sensitive lethal phenotypes in Ceratitis capitata

BMC Biotechnology
Background The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a significant agricultural pest managed through area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) including a sterile insect technique (SIT) component.
Germano Sollazzo, Katerina Nikolouli, Georgia Gouvi, Roswitha A. Aumann, Marc F. Schetelig, Kostas Bourtzis   +5 more
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Standard operating procedures for standardized mass rearing of the dengue and chikungunya vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) - I - egg quantification

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Quantification of eggs prior to rearing the immature stages of mosquitoes is an essential step in establishing a standardized mass rearing system.
Min-Lin Zheng, Dong-Jing Zhang, David D Damiens, Hanano Yamada, Jeremie RL Gilles   +4 more
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Pine Pitch Canker and Insects: Regional Risks, Environmental Regulation, and Practical Management Options [PDF]

, 2019
Producción CientíficaPine pitch canker (PPC), caused by the pathogenic fungus Fusarium circinatum (Nirenberg and O’ Donnell), is a serious threat to pine forests globally.
Altunisik, Aliye, Avtzis, Dimitrios N., Chira, Danut, Cleary, Michelle, Doychev, Danail D., Drenkhan, Tiia, Díez Casero, Julio Javier, Elvira Recuenco, Margarita, Fernández Fernández, María Mercedes, Georgiev, Georgi, Georgieva, Margarita, Gordon, Tom, Morales Rodríguez, Carmen, Musolin, Dmitry L., Nacheski, Sterja, Naves, Pedro, Papazova Anakieva, Irena, Paraschiv, Marius, Selikhovkin, Andrey V., Solla, Alejandro, Tabaković Tošić, Mara, Trestic, Tarik, Witzell, Johanna   +22 more
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Comparing the un-comparable: Olyset Plus and Olyset, different malaria impact

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background In a recent article in The Lancet, Protopopoff et al. stated that insecticide resistance must be tackled and concluded that adding the insecticide synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) to a bed net with a pyrethroid as principal insecticide might
Ole Skovmand
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Organic Centre Wales Technical Note 3: Biology and Management of Soil pests [PDF]

, 2005
The majority of crops grown in the UK are host to single or multiple insect pests that feed on the growing plant at some stage of their life cycle. Insect pest is not strictly correct terminology because the pests come from a wide range of families or ...
Anon
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Nuclear and Wolbachia-based multimarker approach for the rapid and accurate identification of tsetse species

BMC Microbiology, 2018
Background Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are solely responsible for the transmission of African trypanosomes, causative agents of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock.
Antonios A. Augustinos, Irene K. Meki, Guler Demirbas-Uzel, Gisele M. S. Ouédraogo, Aggeliki Saridaki, George Tsiamis, Andrew G. Parker, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla, Kostas Bourtzis   +8 more
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The Underexplored Mechanisms of Wheat Resistance to Leaf Rust

Plants, 2023
Wheat leaf rust, caused by the obligate biotrophic fungus Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt), is one of the most common wheat foliar diseases that continuously threatens global wheat production. Currently, the approaches used to mitigate pathogen infestation
Johannes Mapuranga, Jiaying Chang, Jiaojie Zhao, Maili Liang, Ruolin Li, Yanhui Wu, Na Zhang, Lirong Zhang, Wenxiang Yang   +8 more
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Insect Colonization and Mass Production. Edited by Carroll N. Smith. New York and London: Academic Press, 1966. xxii, 618pp. $27.00. [PDF]

, 2017
Excerpt: The mass production of insects appears to have started with the requirements of the rod-and-line fisherman for bait. For many years, using crude but effective methods, an individual could earn a living rearing millions of blowflies a week to ...
Gardiner, Brian O.C
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Phytosanitary irradiation as an effective treatment for Drosophila suzukii

Scientific Reports
Drosophila suzukii is a pest native to Southeast Asia that causes significant economic losses to soft fruit crops. Phytosanitary irradiation is a promising treatment for D. suzukii hosts; yet an internationally recognized irradiation protocol is lacking.
Inajara V. Gomes, Augusto C. F. P. Sobreira, Jhonatan S. Aguilar, Lissette G. Carrera, Jennifer L. Andrade, Carlos Caceres, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Christian Stauffer, Scott W. Myers, Vanessa S. Dias   +9 more
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Inert Gases in the Control of Museum Insect Pests [PDF]

, 1998
Describes in detail the techniques, materials, and operating parameters of successful insect eradication procedures developed at the Getty Conservation Institute and ...
Charles Selwitz, Shin Maekawa
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