The South American Fruit Fly: An Important Pest Insect With RNAi-Sensitive Larval Stages [PDF]
RNA interference (RNAi) technology has been used in the development of approaches for pest control. The presence of some essential genes, the so-called “core genes,” in the RNAi machinery is crucial for its efficiency and robust response in gene ...
Naymã Dias +6 more
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Optimization of the sterilizing doses and overflooding ratios for the South American fruit fly. [PDF]
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is an autocidal control method that relies on inundative releases of sterilized mass-reared insects. This technology has been used in several area-wide programmes for the suppression/eradication of fruit fly populations.
Thiago Mastrangelo +4 more
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Improvement of the Mass-Rearing Protocols for the South American Fruit Fly for Application of the Sterile Insect Technique [PDF]
The existing rearing protocols for Anastrepha fraterculus must be reviewed to make economically viable the production of sterile flies for their area-wide application.
Thiago Mastrangelo +6 more
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South American Fruit Fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
Anastrepha fraterculus was described in the genus Dacus by Wiedemann (1830), based on specimens from Brazil. This species is of great economic importance because of the wide variety of plants which it attacks and its extensive distribution.
Howard V. Weems, Jr.
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South American Fruit Fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
This species is of great economic importance because of the wide variety of plants that it attacks and its extensive distribution. In most of South America, it probably is the most important species of Anastrepha.
Howard V. Weems
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Viability of Cabralea canjerana extracts to control the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus. [PDF]
Several representatives of Meliaceae contain biologically active compounds that are toxic to insects with few negative effects on the environment and humans. Our study evaluated the activity of ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts from the fruit and seeds of Cabralea canjerana (Vellozo) Mart (Sapindales: Meliaceae) on Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann ...
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Use of toxic bait to manage the south american fruit fly in apple orchards in Southern Brazil [PDF]
Anastrepha fraterculus the South American fruit fly, is an important insect pest in apple orchards of southern Brazil, especially in small farms, where it often causes total crop loss.
Rafael Borges +5 more
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Spatial and temporal distribution of South American fruit fly in vineyards [PDF]
The South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus (Wied., 1830) is one of the major insect pests of economic importance in vineyards of Southern Brazil.
Juliete Maria Frighetto +4 more
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South American Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
This rather large, yellow-brown, fruit fly with yellow and dark-brown markings exists in several South American countries, and attacks watermelon and other fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae. Once a pest of minor to moderate importance generally, it has
Howard V. Weems
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South American Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (1846: 227), which exists in several South American countries and possibly Panama, attacks watermelon and other fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae.
Howard V. Weems, Jr.
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