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Multi-Species Host Use by the Parasitoid Fly Ormia lineifrons [PDF]

Insects, 2023
Antagonistic species relationships such as parasitoid/host interactions lead to evolutionary arms races between species. Many parasitoids use more than one host species, requiring the parasitoid to adapt to multiple hosts, sometimes being the leader or ...
Kyler J. Rogers, Oliver M. Beckers
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Flies use acetic acid to protect their offspring from parasitoids. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens
Plants and fungi often produce toxic metabolites, but herbivores and fungivores that evolve resistance to these toxins gain access to underutilized resources.
Kayla F Reddy, Aleksey Prok, Corinne M Stouthamer, Todd A Schlenke   +3 more
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Encapsulation and Melanization Are Not Correlated to Successful Immune Defense Against Parasitoid Wasps in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]

Cells
Parasitoid elimination in Drosophila melanogaster involves special hemocytes, called lamellocytes, which encapsulate the eggs or larvae of the parasitoid wasps. The capsules are melanized, and metabolites of the melanization reaction may play a potential
Lilla B. Magyar, István Andó, Gyöngyi Cinege   +2 more
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Friend or Foe: Symbiotic Bacteria in Bactrocera dorsalis–Parasitoid Associations

Biology, 2023
Parasitoids are promising biocontrol agents of the devastating fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis. However, parasitoid performance is a function of several factors, including host-associated symbiotic bacteria. Providencia alcalifaciens, Citrobacter freundii,
Rehemah Gwokyalya, Christopher W. Weldon, Jeremy Keith Herren, Joseph Gichuhi, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Shepard Ndlela, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed   +6 more
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Medfly Population Suppression through Augmentative Release of an Introduced Parasitoid in an Irrigated Multi-Fruit Orchard of Central–Western Argentina

Insects, 2023
Biological control through the augmentative release of parasitoids is an important complementary tool that may be incorporated into other strategies for the eradication/eco-friendly control of pest fruit flies.
Lorena Suárez, María Josefina Buonocore Biancheri, Fernando Murúa, Mariano Ordano, Xingeng Wang, Jorge Cancino, Flavio Roberto Mello Garcia, Guillermo Sánchez, Sergio Beltrachini, Luis Ernesto Kulichevsky, Sergio Marcelo Ovruski   +10 more
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Parasitism preference of Chalcid hymenopteran Dirhinus giffardii (Silvestri) confirms higher parasitism against housefly (Musca domestica) (Diptera: Muscidae) pupae.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), is capable of transmitting many pathogens that cause severe diseases in humans and animals. Mostly the management tactics rely on synthetic chemicals, but these chemicals creates lethal effects on ...
Imran Rauf, Niaz Hussain Khuhro, Raza Muhammad Memon, Imtiaz Ahmed Khan   +3 more
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High hemocyte load is associated with increased resistance against parasitoids in Drosophila suzukii, a relative of D. melanogaster. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Among the most common parasites of Drosophila in nature are parasitoid wasps, which lay their eggs in fly larvae and pupae. D. melanogaster larvae can mount a cellular immune response against wasp eggs, but female wasps inject venom along with their eggs
Balint Z Kacsoh, Todd A Schlenke
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Differential immune responses in new and old fruit fly-parasitoid associations: Implications for their management

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), and marula fruit fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker), are major fruit-infesting tephritids across sub-Saharan Africa.
Rehemah Gwokyalya, Rehemah Gwokyalya, Jeremy K. Herren, Christopher W. Weldon, Fathiya M. Khamis, Shepard Ndlela, Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed   +6 more
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Molecular Techniques for the Detection and Differentiation of Host and Parasitoid Species and the Implications for Fruit Fly Management

Insects, 2012
Parasitoid detection and identification is a necessary step in the development and implementation of fruit fly biological control strategies employing parasitoid augmentive release.
Olivia L. Reynolds, Jessica L. Micallef, Toni A. Chapman, Cheryl Jenkins   +3 more
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First Canadian Record of \u3ci\u3eHexacola Neoscatellae\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), A Parasitoid of the Shore Fly, \u3ci\u3eScatella Stagnalis\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

, 2018
This paper documents the first occurrence of Hexacola neoscatellae, a shore fly parasitoid, in Canada. The discovery of H. neoscatellae is significant because currently there are no suitable biological control agents available for shore fly control to ...
Allen, Wayne R, Carney, Vanessa A, Diamond, Joshua C, Murphy, Graeme D   +3 more
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