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The Roles of Mating, Age, and Diet in Starvation Resistance in Bactrocera oleae (Olive Fruit Fly). [PDF]

Insects, 2023
Simple Summary The olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae)) is a pest of major economic importance that threatens the olive industry. Studying several factors affecting the survival ability of this insect during food deprivation,
Balampekou EI, Koveos DS, Kapranas A, Menexes GC, Kouloussis NA.   +4 more
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Olive Fruit Fly Symbiont Population: Impact of Metamorphosis [PDF]

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 ...
Catarina Campos, Luis Gomes, Fernando T. Rei, Tania Nobre   +3 more
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Previously introduced braconid parasitoids target recent olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) invaders in Hawai’i [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) was detected on Maui and Hawai’i Islands in 2019, affecting yields and quality of the state’s emerging olive oil industry.
Dara G. Stockton, Charlotte Aldebron, Rosemary Gutierrez-Coarite, Nicholas C. Manoukis   +3 more
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Influence of Chabazite Zeolite Foliar Applications Used for Olive Fruit Fly Control on Volatile Organic Compound Emission, Photosynthesis, and Quality of Extra Virgin Olive Oil [PDF]

Plants
The olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae Rossi) is the most dangerous pest of olive fruits and negatively influences the chemical and sensory quality of the oil produced.
Lucia Morrone, Luisa Neri, Osvaldo Facini, Giulio Galamini, Giacomo Ferretti, Annalisa Rotondi   +5 more
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Oviposition-Deterrent Effect of a High-Quality Natural Zeolite on the Olive Fruit Fly Bactrocera oleae, under Different Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity [PDF]

Insects
In recent years, the number of available chemical pesticides has been dramatically reduced, urging the need for the discovery of alternatives to chemical pesticide products such as, among others, natural zeolites (zeolitic rocks).
Soultana Kyriaki Kovaiou, Anastasia Kokkari, George Floros, Nikolaos Kantiranis, Nikos A. Kouloussis, Anestis A. Filippidis, Dimitrios S. Koveos   +6 more
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One for all: Mating compatibility among various populations of olive fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) for application of the sterile insect technique. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), is the most important insect pest for the cultivation of olives worldwide. Considerable research efforts have been invested in the past decades to develop eradication or suppression tactics for use within an
Sohel Ahmad, Ihsan Ul Haq, Carlos Cáceres, Ulysses Sto Tomas, Thilakasiri Dammalage, Keke Gembinsky, Hannes Paulus, Marc J B Vreysen, Polychronis Rempoulakis   +8 more
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De novo assembly of the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) genome with linked-reads and long-read technologies minimizes gaps and provides exceptional Y chromosome assembly [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most important pest in the olive fruit agribusiness industry. This is because female flies lay their eggs in the unripe fruits and upon hatching the larvae feed on the fruits thus destroying them ...
Anthony Bayega, Haig Djambazian, Konstantina T. Tsoumani, Maria-Eleni Gregoriou, Efthimia Sagri, Eleni Drosopoulou, Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou, Kristina Giorda, George Tsiamis, Kostas Bourtzis, Spyridon Oikonomopoulos, Ken Dewar, Deanna M. Church, Alexie Papanicolaou, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Jiannis Ragoussis   +15 more
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A Lifetime of a Dispenser-Release Rates of Olive Fruit Fly-Associated Yeast Volatile Compounds and Their Influence on Olive Fruit Fly (Bactrocera oleae Rossi) Attraction. [PDF]

Molecules, 2023
The objective of this study was to evaluate the release rate, duration, and biological efficiency of yeast volatile compounds associated with olive fruit flies in slow-release dispensers, polypropylene vials, and rubber septa attached to yellow sticky ...
Veršić Bratinčević M, Bego A, Nižetić Kosović I, Jukić Špika M, Burul F, Popović M, Ninčević Runjić T, Vitanović E.   +7 more
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Artificial diet alters activity and rest patterns in the olive fruit fly. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Olive fruit flies, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared in the laboratory on an artificial diet are essential for the genetic control techniques against this pest. However, the colony’s laboratory adaptation can affect the quality of the reared
Terzidou AM, Koveos DS, Papadopoulos NT, Carey JR, Kouloussis NA.   +4 more
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Olive fruit fly and its obligate symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola: Two new symbiont haplotypes in the Mediterranean basin. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
The olive fruit fly, specialized to become monophagous during several life stages, remains the most important olive tree pest with high direct production losses, but also affecting the quality, composition, and inherent properties of the olives.
Tânia Nobre
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