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Exotic fruit fly pests and California agriculture

California Agriculture, 1989
Because of their worldwide distribution and numbers, future introductions of fruit flies into California are inevitable. Infestations of economically important pests, including but not limited to the medfly, Mexican fruit fly, and oriental fruit fly, are
J Carey, R Dowell
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Thermal Plasticity is Regulated by a Key MicroRNA During Range Expansion of an Invasive Fruit Fly

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 23, 23 April 2026.
Populations at the invasion front of Bactrocera dorsalis adapt through reduced phenotypic and gene expression plasticity, a phenomenon likely to be driven by genetic assimilation. We identify a key miRNA‐mediated regulatory axis, in which miR‐276b post‐transcriptionally represses thw, a conserved chitin‐binding gene critical to the cold‐tolerance ...
Yan Zhao, Juntao Hu, Juan Du, Shaokun Guo, Youming Hou, Zhihong Li   +5 more
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Area-Wide Suppression of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly,Ceratitis capitata,and the Oriental Fruit Fly,Bactrocera dorsalis, in Kamuela, Hawaii [PDF]

Journal of Insect Science, 2010
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service initiated an area-wide fruit fly management program in Hawaii in 2000. The first demonstration site was established in Kamuela, Hawaii, USA. This paper documents suppression of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), and the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera ...
Vargas, Roger I., Piñero, Jaime C., Mau, Ronald F. L., Jang, Eric B., Klungness, Lester M., McInnis, Donald O., Harris, Ernest B., McQuate, Grant T., Bautista, Renato C., Wong, Lyle   +9 more
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The transformer gene controls sexual development in Drosophila suzukii

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 547-565, April 2026.
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, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 491-504, April 2026.
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
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Molecular characterization of transformer, transformer‐2, and doublesex genes in the carambola fruit fly, Bactrocera carambolae, revealing potential for genetic pest management

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 566-585, April 2026.
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

Assessment of the entomopathogenic nematodes against maggots and pupae of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), under laboratory conditions

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2019
The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of the major insect pests which renders the fruit to become unfit for human consumption. In severe cases, losses may reach up to 100% in some fruit crops.
Hafiz Muhammad Aatif, Muhammad Shahid Hanif, Muhammad Ferhan, Muhammad Raheel, Qaiser Shakeel, Waqas Ashraf, Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Sajjad Ali   +7 more
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Sequence and expression analysis of potential spermatogenesis‐specific gene cognates in the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 505-516, April 2026.
Abstract The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a highly effective biologically‐based method for the suppression of many insect pest populations. SIT efficacy could be improved by methods of male sterilization that avoid the use of irradiation that can result in diminished fitness and mating competitiveness.
Alfred M. Handler, Richard B. Furlong, Chao Chen, Daniel A. Hahn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthetic biology approaches to generate temperature‐sensitive alleles for the Sterile Insect Technique

Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 517-532, April 2026.
Abstract The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly, sustainable pest control approach, which uses large‐scale releases of sterile insects to suppress or eradicate target populations through infertile matings. The efficiency of SIT is enhanced by male‐only releases requiring genetic sexing strains (GSSs) that are classically ...
Chun Yin Leung, Ernst A. Wimmer, Hassan M. M. Ahmed   +2 more
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Oriental fruit fly studies: Mass culture of natural enemies of destructive fly possible after two years of laboratory research

California Agriculture, 1953
Accidental introduction of the oriental fruit fly—Dacus dorsalis Hendel—to the mainland as it was to the Hawaiian Islands is a distinct threat to California agriculture.
G Finney
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