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Medfly Gut Microbiota and Enhancement of the Sterile Insect Technique: Similarities and Differences of Klebsiella oxytoca and Enterobacter sp. AA26 Probiotics during the Larval and Adult Stages of the VIENNA 8D53+ Genetic Sexing Strain

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a major agricultural pest worldwide. The development of genetic sexing strains (GSSs) for this species that allows male-only sterile insects releases has boosted the effectiveness of the environmental ...
Georgios A. Kyritsis, Antonios A. Augustinos, Carlos Cáceres, Kostas Bourtzis   +3 more
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Biodegradable Natural Polymer‐Based Drug Delivery Systems for Bone Tissue Engineering

Medicinal Research Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing incidence of bone diseases and injuries, especially among aging populations, has underscored the shortcomings of traditional treatments such as bone grafts and metal implants, which often face complications including immune rejection, mechanical failure, and delayed healing.
Hyejin Jo, Shinwon Kang, Jae Eun Yang, Inseon Kim, Seunghun S. Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chikungunya: an unusual vector-borne disease. Overview and new research trends [PDF]

, 2011
Since the huge epidemic of Chikungunya in 2006 in Réunion Island and in India, and since the small outbreak in 2007 in Italy, a few Chikungunya cases were reported in september 2010 in the south-east of France, indicating that even northern and developed
Dumont, Yves
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STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE TO COMBAT DENGUE

LIFE: International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences, 2016
Global warming and globalization indicate the next biggest challenge is zoonotic diseases. Dengue is one of the fastest growing tropical pandemic in the world. There are no approved vaccines for the dengue virus. Prevention thus depends on control of and protection from the bites of the mosquito that transmits it, the dengue mosquito, and Aedes aegypti.
openaire   +1 more source

STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE: A MODEL FOR DOSE OPTIMIZATION FOR IMPROVED STERILE INSECT QUALITY

Florida Entomologist, 2007
Abstract The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environment-friendly pest control technique with application in the area-wide integrated control of key pests, including the suppression or elimination of introduced populations and the exclusion of new introductions.
Andrew Parker, Kishor Mehta
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The Expanding Landscape of Microbiota Medicine: Indications, Therapeutic Modalities, and the Path Towards Integrative Microbiome‐Targeting Healthcare

Microbiota Medicine Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing recognition of the microbiome's role in human health has propelled the emergence of microbiota medicine—a new discipline integrating microbiology, multi‐omics, and clinical science. Advances in sequencing, data integration, and interventions such as fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) have transitioned the field from ...
Min Dai, Yisha Lin, Renyou Gan, Xiaotao Shen, Shin Young Park, Sunjae Lee, Qi Su   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using sterile insect technique against Carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) (Lep.: Pyralidae), in Yazd province, Iran [PDF]

نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران, 2017
Carob moth, Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) (Lep.: Pyralidae), is the most important pest of pomegranate fruit in Iran where the cryptic activity of its larva makes the application of insecticides practically impossible.
M. Soofbaf, B. Salehi, N. Kalantarian, A. H. Zanganeh, M. Babaei, H. Fathollahi, H. Ahari Mostafavi, M. A. Mansourifard, S. A. Hoseini Baghdad Abad, S. J. Mirvakili, R. Zare beydaki, H. A. Tollabi, S. A. Amiri Aqda   +12 more
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Microbiome Innovation in Agriculture: Development of Microbial Based Tools for Insect Pest Management

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
This review emphasizes the potential and use of microbes in sustainable insect pest management. We first review the diverse insect traits shaped by insect-microbe associations that span nutrition, immunity, ecological interactions with natural enemy ...
Masroor Qadri, Sierra Short, Kalani Gast, Jordan Hernandez, Adam Chun-Nin Wong, Adam Chun-Nin Wong   +5 more
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Effect of population reinforcement method, site, and plant characteristics on early establishment of the rare endemic plant species Minuartia smejkalii

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Many habitat‐specialist plant species have been endangered by fragmentation or destruction of their habitats. Minuartia smejkalii is a serpentinophyte endemic to the Czech Republic. It is highly threatened by recent habitat destruction and fragmentation, calling for effective conservation measures.
Alrun Siebenkäs, Karolína Sučíková, Zuzana Münzbergová, Hana Pánková   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pathogenicity of indigenous entomopathogenic nematodes from Benin against mango fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) under laboratory conditions [PDF]

, 2018
Bactrocera dorsalis fruit fly is the economically most significant tephritid pest species on Mango, Mangifera indica L., in Benin, and entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) represent good candidates for its control in the soil.
Afouda, Leonard, Decraemer, Wilfrida, Godjo, Tognisse Anique, Willems, Anne, Zadji, Lionel   +4 more
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