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The South American Fruit Fly: An Important Pest Insect With RNAi-Sensitive Larval Stages [PDF]

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
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, Deise Cagliari, Frederico Schmitt Kremer, Leticia Neutzling Rickes, Dori Edson Nava, Guy Smagghe, Moisés Zotti   +6 more
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Use of toxic bait to manage the south american fruit fly in apple orchards in Southern Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2021
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, Marcos Botton, Mari Inês Carissimi Boff, Cristiano João Arioli, Ruben Machota Junior, Lígia Caroline Bortoli   +5 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]

Insects, 2021
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, Adalecio Kovaleski, Bruno Maset, Maria de Lourdes Zamboni Costa, Claudio Barros, Luis Anselmo Lopes, Carlos Caceres   +6 more
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Optimization of the sterilizing doses and overflooding ratios for the South American fruit fly. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
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, Adalecio Kovaleski, Victor Botteon, Wanessa Scopel, Maria de Lourdes Zamboni Costa   +4 more
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Insights into the Functional Responses of Four Neotropical-Native Parasitoids to Enhance Their Role as Biocontrol Agents Against Anastrepha fraterculus Pest Populations [PDF]

Insects
Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a significant fruit pest of economic and quarantine importance in South America. Biological control using augmentative releases of parasitoids or conservation strategies for these natural ...
Segundo Ricardo Núñez-Campero, Lorena del Carmen Suárez, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia, Jorge Cancino, Pablo Montoya, Sergio Marcelo Ovruski   +5 more
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Effect of Different Larval Diets on Life History Traits and Nutritional Content in Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]

Biology
Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major fruit pest in several countries of South America and is mass-reared for use in integrated pest control strategies, including the sterile insect technique (SIT), and as a host for rearing biocontrol
Fátima L. Fernández, María Josefina Ruiz, Pilar Medina Pereyra, Fabián H. Milla, Alejandra C. Scannapieco, Diego F. Segura, María Teresa Vera, David Nestel, Lucía Goane   +8 more
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Toxicity and residual effects of toxic baits with spinosyns on the South American fruit fly [PDF]

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2018
: The objective of this work was to assess the lethal concentration and lethal time (LC and LT) of spinosad and spinetoram, combined with different food lures, and their residual effects on South American fruit fly (Anastrepha fraterculus).
Inana Xavier Schutze, Cléber Antonio Baronio, Morgana Mattiello Baldin, Alci Enimar Loek, Marcos Botton   +4 more
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Phenological development of fruits in cultivars of feijoa (Acca sellowiana) and its relationship with South American fruit fly infestation [PDF]

Ciência Rural, 2022
: The present study aimed to evaluate the developmental phases of feijoa fruits associated with infestation by Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and the nonpreference of fruit flies for ripe fruits of feijoa.
Hellen Aparecida Arantes dos Santos, Marcia Regina Faita, Afonso Inácio Orth, Luís Gonzaga Ribeiro, João Felippeto, Rubens Onofre Nodari   +5 more
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Phylogeography of the Invasive Fruit Fly Species Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South America [PDF]

Insects
The carambola fruit fly, Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, is native to Southeast Asia, infests about 150 plant species, and is considered a quarantine pest insect in several regions of the world.
Ezequiel de Deus, Joseane Passos, Alies van Sauers-Muller, Cristiane Jesus, Janisete Gomes Silva, Ricardo Adaime   +5 more
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Global invasion history with climate-related allele frequency shifts in the invasive Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera, Tephritidae: Ceratitis capitata) [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) is a globally invasive species and an economically significant pest of fruit crops. Understanding the evolutionary history and local climatic adaptation of this species is crucial for developing effective ...
Pablo Deschepper, Sam Vanbergen, Massimiliano Virgilio, Andrea Sciarretta, Marco Colacci, Vasilis G. Rodovitis, Josep A. Jaques, Mario Bjeliš, Kostas Bourtzis, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Marc De Meyer   +10 more
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