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Radiation dose-rate is a neglected critical parameter in dose–response of insects

Scientific Reports, 2022
Reproductive sterility is the basis of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and essential for its success in the field. Numerous factors that influence dose–response in insects have been identified. However, historically the radiation dose administered has
Hanano Yamada, Vanessa S. Dias, Andrew G. Parker, Hamidou Maiga, Carina Kraupa, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Wadaka Mamai, Marc F. Schetelig, Nanwintoum S. Bimbilé Somda, Jeremy Bouyer   +9 more
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Gut symbiotic bacteria are involved in nitrogen recycling in the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

BMC Biology, 2022
Background Nitrogen is considered the most limiting nutrient element for herbivorous insects. To alleviate nitrogen limitation, insects have evolved various symbiotically mediated strategies that enable them to colonize nitrogen-poor habitats or exploit ...
Xueming Ren, Shuai Cao, Mazarin Akami, Abdelaziz Mansour, Yishi Yang, Nan Jiang, Haoran Wang, Guijian Zhang, Xuewei Qi, Penghui Xu, Tong Guo, Changying Niu   +11 more
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The Effect of an Irradiation-Induced Recombination Suppressing Inversion on the Genetic Stability and Biological Quality of a White Eye-Based Aedes aegypti Genetic Sexing Strain

Insects, 2022
Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever. The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been proposed as a species-specific and environment-friendly tool for the suppression of mosquito vector ...
Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Antonios A. Augustinos, Danilo O. Carvalho, Lucia Duran de la Fuente, Kostas Bourtzis   +4 more
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A rapid quality control test to foster the development of the sterile insect technique against Anopheles arabiensis

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background With the fight against malaria reportedly stalling there is an urgent demand for alternative and sustainable control measures. As the sterile insect technique (SIT) edges closer to becoming a viable complementary tool in mosquito control, it ...
Nicole J. Culbert, Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé Somda, Maiga Hamidou, Dieudonné Diloma Soma, Silvana Caravantes, Thomas Wallner, Mamai Wadaka, Hanano Yamada, Jérémy Bouyer   +8 more
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Genetic Stability and Fitness of Aedes aegypti Red-Eye Genetic Sexing Strains With Pakistani Genomic Background for Sterile Insect Technique Applications

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
The mosquito species Aedes aegypti is the primary transmitter of viruses that cause endemic diseases like dengue in Pakistan. It is also a cause of other vector-borne diseases like yellow fever, Zika fever, and chikungunya, which significantly impact ...
Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Danilo O. Carvalho, Lucia Duran De La Fuente, Antonios A. Augustinos, Kostas Bourtzis   +5 more
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Does Tap Water Quality Compromise the Production of Aedes Mosquitoes in Genetic Control Projects?

Insects, 2021
A mosquito’s life cycle includes an aquatic phase. Water quality is therefore an important determinant of whether or not the female mosquitoes will lay their eggs and the resulting immature stages will survive and successfully complete their development ...
Wadaka Mamai, Hamidou Maiga, Nanwintoum Sévérin Bimbilé Somda, Thomas Wallner, Odet Bueno Masso, Christian Resch, Hanano Yamada, Jérémy Bouyer   +7 more
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Irradiation induced inversions suppress recombination between the M locus and morphological markers in Aedes aegypti

BMC Genetics, 2020
Background Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arthropod-borne viruses and one of the most widespread and invasive mosquito species. Due to the lack of efficient specific drugs or vaccination strategies, vector population control methods, such as the ...
Antonios A. Augustinos, Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Danilo O. Carvalho, Lucia Duran de la Fuente, Panagiota Koskinioti, Kostas Bourtzis   +5 more
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Aedes aegypti larval development and pupal production in the FAO/IAEA mass-rearing rack and factors influencing sex sorting efficiency

Parasite, 2020
The production of a large number of mosquitoes of high biological qualities and reliable sex sorting before release are key challenges when applying the sterile insect technique as part of an area-wide integrated pest management approach. There is a need
Mamai Wadaka, Maiga Hamidou, Somda Nanwintoum Séverin Bimbilé, Wallner Thomas, Konczal Anna, Yamada Hanano, Bouyer Jérémy   +6 more
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Insecticide Resistance Monitoring in Field Populations of the Whitebacked Planthopper Sogatella furcifera (Horvath) in China, 2019–2020

Insects, 2021
Monitoring is an important component of insecticide resistance management. In this study, resistance monitoring was conducted on 18 field populations in China. The results showed that S.
Zhao Li, Yao Qin, Ruoheng Jin, Yunhua Zhang, Zhijie Ren, Tingwei Cai, Chang Yu, Yu Liu, Yongfeng Cai, Qinghong Zeng, Hu Wan, Jianhong Li   +11 more
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No Evidence of Bacterial Symbionts Influencing Host Specificity in Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Insects, 2022
The cotton-melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, is a polyphagous insect pest with many host-specialized biotypes, such as the Cucurbitaceae- and Malvaceae-specialized (CU and MA) biotypes.
Hao Guo, Fengying Yang, Min Meng, Jingjing Feng, Qinglan Yang, Yongmo Wang   +5 more
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