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Estimated Costs and Regional Economic Impacts of the Oriental Fruit Fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) Outbreak in Miami-Dade County, Florida

EDIS, 2016
Oriental fruit flies, very destructive pests of fruits, were first detected in the Redland area of Miami-Dade County on August 26, 2015, and as of January 2016, 165 flies had been captured.
Sergio Alvarez, Edward A. Evans, Alan W. Hodges   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Discovery of Chemosensory Genes in the Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2015
The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is a devastating fruit fly pest in tropical and sub-tropical countries. Like other insects, this fly uses its chemosensory system to efficiently interact with its environment. However, our understanding of the molecular components comprising B. dorsalis chemosensory system is limited.
Wu Z, Zhang H, Wang Z, Bin S, He H, Lin J.   +5 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Rectal bacteria produce sex pheromones in the male oriental fruit fly [PDF]

Current Biology, 2020
AbstractIn recent decades, a growing body of literature has indicated that microbial symbionts of insects can modulate their hosts’ chemical profiles and mate choice decisions. However, there is currently little direct evidence indicate that insect pheromones can be produced by symbionts.
Lu, Ren, Yingao, Ma, Mingxue, Xie, Yongyue, Lu, Daifeng, Cheng   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

The plant pathogen Gluconobacter cerinus strain CDF1 is beneficial to the fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis

AMB Express, 2017
Plant pathogens can build relationships with insect hosts to complete their life cycles, and they often modify the behavior and development of hosts to improve their own fitness.
Muyang He, Jianjun Jiang, Daifeng Cheng
doaj   +1 more source

High β‐diversity in fig wasp communities driven by species turnover in widely distributed Neotropical fig trees

Oikos, EarlyView.
Wasp communities associated with fig trees, Ficus spp., are a model system to investigate how local and regional processes shape biodiversity across large geographical ranges. We investigated the β‐diversity of fig wasp assemblages associated with three widely distributed Neotropical fig species – F. citrifolia, F. obtusifolia and F. pertusa – using 27
Elmecelli Moraes de Castro Souza, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli Farache, Luis Francisco Mello Coelho, Finn Kjellberg, Astrid Cruaud, Jean‐Yves Rasplus, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The transformer gene controls sexual development in Drosophila suzukii

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The transformer gene plays a key role in the genetic pathway for sexual development in Drosophila suzukii Abstract The genetic network of sex determination in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster was investigated in great detail. Such knowledge not only advances our understanding of the evolution and regulation of sexual dimorphism in insects ...
Ying Yan, Jing Zhao, Jonas Schwirz, Cristina Borghesi, Conghui Liu, Bo Liu, Wanqiang Qian, Fanghao Wan, Marc F. Schetelig   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional validation of a white pupae minimal gene construct in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
An intronless version of the white pupae (wp) gene was engineered to restore the wild type brown puparium color in white pupae phenotype mutants of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. Functionality of the minimal gene version (mini‐wp) was verified in vivo, as one copy of mini‐wp successfully restored the wild type phenotype in homozygous ...
Lucas Henrique Figueiredo Prates, Roswitha A. Aumann, Inga Sievers, Tanja Rehling, Marc F. Schetelig   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular characterization of transformer, transformer‐2, and doublesex genes in the carambola fruit fly, Bactrocera carambolae, revealing potential for genetic pest management

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Globalization and climate change may be driving the spread of the quarantine fruit fly, Bactrocera carambolae, highlighting the need for ecofriendly control methods like the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), which relies on releasing sterile males to reduce wild populations.
Kamoltip Laohakieat, Thanalai Poonsiri, Nidchaya Aketarawong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chromatic cues to trap the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis

Journal of Insect Physiology, 2007
Various colors have been used as visual cues to trap insect pests. For example, yellow traps for monitoring and control of the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) have been in use for a very long time. However, the chromatic cue of using color traps has never been meticulously investigated.
Wen-Yen, Wu, Yu-Po, Chen, En-Cheng, Yang
openaire   +2 more sources