How the “Olive Oil Polyphenols” Health Claim Depends on Anthracnose and Olive Fly on Fruits [PDF]
FoodsOlive anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum fungi, and the olive fruit fly Bactrocera olea are, respectively, the most important fungal disease and pest affecting olive fruits worldwide, leading to detrimental effects on the yield and quality of fruits ...
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The biogeographic patterns of the olive fly and its primary symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola across the distribution area of the olive tree [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi, 1790), is the major insect pest of olives attacking both cultivated and wild olive. Bactrocera oleae carries a primary and vertically transmitted symbiont, the bacterium Candidatus Erwinia dacicola.
Isabel Martinez‑Sañudo +5 more
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The molecular biology of the olive fly comes of age. [PDF]
BMC Genet, 2014 AbstractBackgroundOlive cultivation blends with the history of the Mediterranean countries since ancient times. Even today, activities around the olive tree constitute major engagements of several people in the countryside of both sides of the Mediterranean basin. The olive fly is, beyond doubt, the most destructive pest of cultivated olives.
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The genetic polymorphisms and colonization process of olive fly populations in Turkey. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most important pest of olives in olive growing regions worldwide, especially in the Mediterranean basin and North America.
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Comparative genomics of the Erwinia and Enterobacter olive fly endosymbionts. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 AbstractThe pestivorous tephritid olive fly has long been known as a frequent host of the obligately host-associated bacterial endosymbiont, Erwinia dacicola, as well as other facultative endosymbionts. The genomes of Erwinia dacicola and Enterobacter sp.
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OLIVE FRUIT FLY: A threat to the South African olive industry? [PDF]
, 2015 Olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) is the most serious pest of cultivated olives in the Mediterranean basin. to date we have not seen the same level of damage in south africa, but the question remained whether it poses a similar threat as the local olive
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Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Iran: An invasion from the Middle West [PDF]
European Journal of Entomology, 2015 Despite an age-old tradition of olive growing and its geographical location, Iran was apparently free of the olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi, 1790) (Diptera: Tephritidae), the major worldwide olive tree pest, until the last decade.
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Olive Fruit Fly Symbiont Population: Impact of Metamorphosis
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The current symbiotic view of the organisms also calls for new approaches in the way we perceive and manage our pest species. The olive fruit fly, the most important olive tree pest, is dependent on an obligate bacterial symbiont to its larvae ...
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Three years field trials to assess the effect of kaolin made particles and copper on olive-fruit fly (B.oleae Gmelin) infestations in Sicily [PDF]
, 2006 In most countries of Mediterranean Basin, Bactrocera oleae (Gmel), the olive fruit fly, is the key pest insect on olives. In Sicily this pest causes losses of fruits and a poor quality olive oil.
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Olive fly damage and olive storage effects on paste microflora and virgin olive oil acidity
Grasas y Aceites, 2003 The effects of olive fly damage, olive storage, harvest date, olive grove plot and their interactions on the microflora associated with olive paste and oil acidity were studied.
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