Scientific opinion on the import of Musa fruits as a pathway for the entry of non‐EU Tephritidae into the EU territory [PDF]
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Plant Health examined evidence as to whether the import of fruits of Musa (bananas and plantains) could provide a pathway into the EU for Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera ...
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +23 more
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Pest categorisation of non‐EU Tephritidae [PDF]
The Panel on Plant Health performed a group pest categorisation of non‐EU Tephritidae, a large insect family containing well‐studied and economically important fruit fly species and little studied species with scarce information regarding their hosts and
EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) +23 more
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The mango tree in central and northern Benin: damage caused by fruit flies (Diptera Tephritidae) and computation of economic injury level [PDF]
Introduction. Dans la zone soudanienne méridionale du Bénin les mouches des fruits constituent la contrainte phytosanitaire majeure pour le manguier et sont responsables de pertes de production considérables.
Arinloye, Djalal +5 more
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Protein Stores Regulate When Reproductive Displays Begin in the Male Caribbean Fruit Fly
Many animals exhibit reproductive behavior that requires expenditure of valuable nutrients. In males of many species, competitive energetically demanding displays and the development of sexual ornaments require prior accumulation of nutrient stores ...
Clancy A. Short +2 more
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Effect of Dietary Components on Larval Life History Characteristics in the Medfly (Ceratitis capitata: Diptera, Tephritidae) [PDF]
Background: The ability to respond to heterogenous nutritional resources is an important factor in the adaptive radiation of insects such as the highly polyphagous Medfly.
BA Edgar +39 more
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The mango tree in central and northern Benin : inventario de los cultivares, estimacion de los rendimientos, fases afectadas y perdidas causadas por las moscas de las frutas (Diptera Tephritidae) [PDF]
Le manguier occupe une place particulièrement importante dans l'économie rurale des zones centrales et septentrionales du Bénin. Pendant la fin de la saison sèche, la mangue constitue un apport nutritionnel fondamental par sa forte teneur en nutriments ...
Bouéyi, Serge Patrick +4 more
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Faunistic study of the fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) in the United Arab Emirates, with a new record and an updated checklist [PDF]
Collecting of terphritid fruit flies at four sites in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), resulted in the presence of eleven species. Capparimyia savastani is reported for the first time from UAE fauna. The number of UAE Tephritidae fauna is increased to 34.
Saeed Mohamadzade Namin, Huw Roberts
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Notes on the frugivorous fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) fauna of western Africa, with description of a new Dacus species [PDF]
The species richness of the frugivorous fruit fly fauna of western African (in particular of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria) is discussed.
DeMeyer, Marc +2 more
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Serratia marcescens as a bacterial pathogen of Rhagoletis pomonella flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)
A nonpigmenting strain of Serratia marcescens Bizio isolated from dead and apparently diseased wild apple maggot flies, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), was shown to be pathogenic to healthy apple maggot flies upon ingestion.
Carol R. LAUZON +3 more
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Biological Control of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Argentina: Releases of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Fruit-Producing Semi-Arid Areas of San Juan [PDF]
The Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) is one of the major pests of fruit crops in Argentina and it is a phytosanitary barrier to the export of fresh fruits.
Bezdjian, Laura Patricia +9 more
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