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Entomology
Norman B. Barr, Daniel Garza, Lisa A. Ledezma, David A. Salinas
Summary: The cherry-infesting fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi is a significant commercial pest in Europe that has recently invaded North America. Prompt diagnosis is crucial for surveys and response to new detections.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2021)
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Agronomy
Burcu Ozbek Catal, Asime Filiz Caliskan Kece, Zhanerke AmangeldI, Mehmet Rifat Ulusoy
Summary: The study aimed to find a new, cost-efficient, and eco-friendly method of pest control. The results showed that netting covering trees, a mass capture technique, and an insecticide suitable for organic farming (spinosad) were highly effective against fruit flies, especially R. cerasi and D. suzukii.
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
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Horticulture
Manuel Gonzalez-Nunez, Guillermo Cobos, Ismael Sanchez-Ramos
Summary: Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) is a damaging pest of cherries in Europe, Western Asia, and North America. The management of this pest mainly relies on insecticide applications near harvest, but the repeated use of insecticides poses environmental risks and may lead to resistance and fruit residues. This study compared trap-attractant combinations and found that a folded yellow sticky trap with a homemade ammonium acetate dispenser was the most efficient and cost-effective device for mass trapping of R. cerasi. Farm-scale trials showed that mass trapping can reduce the need for insecticide applications and keep damage below the economic threshold, making it a useful tool for managing R. cerasi.
Article
Entomology
Cleopatra A. Moraiti, Eleni Verykouki, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Summary: In this study, the fitness cost of adults from pupae with prolonged dormancy in different populations of the European cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi, was investigated. The results showed no population-specific variation in fitness cost of adults from pupae with prolonged dormancy. However, adults emerged from pupae exposed to prolonged chilling had a reduction in adult longevity compared to those from pupae with prolonged dormancy. This study indicates that the diapause regimes of pupae play a crucial role in regulating the fitness of R. cerasi adults.
BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2023)
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Entomology
Wee L. Yee, Robert B. Goughnour, Jeffrey L. Feder
Summary: Closely related phytophagous insects, Rhagoletis pomonella and Rhagoletis zephyria, found in western North America, have distinct eclosion patterns, potentially due to greater genetic variation in R. pomonella.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2021)
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Zoology
Pedro Alexander Rodriguez, Allen L. Norrbom, Guadalupe Caicedo, Emilio Arevalo Penaranda, Francisco Balseiro
Summary: This paper describes a new species of fruit fly within the striatella species group of Rhagoletis Loew and reports new distribution records for two other species. It also designates a lectotype for a previously described species and reports new host plant relationships for three Rhagoletis species. Additionally, the key to species within the striatella group is modified to include the newly described species R. antioquiensis.
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Entomology
Yue Zhang, Weisong Li, Massimiliano Virgilio, Marc De Meyer, Zhihong Li
Summary: This study achieved rapid molecular identification of Ceratitis fruit flies using LAMP technology and mitochondrial genes as targets. A loop-mediated isothermal amplification identification technology system was established, which utilized rapid, rough DNA extraction and visual detection. The system demonstrated high sensitivity and simplicity, allowing the entire identification process to be completed within one hour.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Horticulture
Ismail Alaserhat
Summary: This study determined the preference of the Cherry fruit fly for tree direction and orchard direction, finding that it caused the most harm in the southern direction of the cherry trees and the northwest direction of the orchards.
Article
Agronomy
Christian Salamut, Iris Kohnert, Niels Landwehr, Michael Pflanz, Michael Schirrmann, Mohammad Zare
Summary: The aim of this study is to use state-of-the-art object detection algorithms from deep learning to automatically detect cherry fruit flies in images from yellow sticky traps. The results indicate that deep learning can act as an integral component of an automated system for high-throughput assessment of pest insects in orchards. This can reduce the time for repetitive and laborious trap assessment and increase the observed amount of sticky traps.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Varun Hiremath, Kanwar Pal Singh, Neelu Jain, Kishan Swaroop, Pradeep Kumar Jain, Sapna Panwar, Nivedita Sinha
Summary: This study investigated the genetic diversity and relationships among 84 gladiolus genotypes using SSR markers. The results showed that these SSR markers can be used for cultivar identification, conservation, and crop improvement of gladiolus genotypes.
Article
Horticulture
Ismail Alaserhat
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the distribution, population development, infestation, and damage rate of the Cherry fruit fly in Erzincan province, Turkey. The results showed that the pest was widely distributed and had high population development and infestation rates in orchards. Additionally, the fly had a flight period of 55-78 days and caused significant damage with high infestation rates in the province.
Article
Entomology
J. J. Smith, P. Brzezinski, J. Dziedziula, E. Rosenthal, M. Klaus
Summary: A simple method using agarose gel electrophoresis was developed to distinguish between the apple maggot and its closely related sister species, based on nucleotide differences in the nontranscribed spacer (NTS) of the ribosomal RNA gene cistron.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Dan Yao, Lei Cheng, Lianming Du, Meijin Li, Maurycy Daroch, Jie Tang
Summary: Microsatellites (SSRs) and compound microsatellites (CSSRs) in Leptolyngbya-like strains showed diverse patterns of distribution, abundance, density, and diversity in genomes. The numbers of SSRs and CSSRs were unevenly distributed and correlated with genome size and GC content, with differences in distribution patterns among phylogenetic groups. These microsatellites were predominantly located in coding regions, with unique motifs identified in CSSRs in multiple genomes.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joeselle Serrana, Kozo Watanabe
Summary: Metabarcoding is a fast and cost-effective tool for species identification, and this study assessed its ability to infer haplotypes in freshwater macroinvertebrates. The influence of DNA template concentration and PCR cycle on detecting true and false haplotypes was also examined.
Article
Entomology
J. Rull, R. Lasa, S. Aguas-Lanzagorta, M. Aluja
Summary: This study investigated the effects of host plants on the dormancy duration of Rhagoletis fruit flies and their parasitoids. The results showed that host plants had little impact on the survival and dormancy duration of the fruit flies, while juglone was toxic to pupae of one species. The fruiting phenology of host plants appeared to play a greater role than host plant-derived cues in selecting the time of fly emergence.
BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Entomology
A. A. Augustinos, C. A. Moraiti, E. Drosopoulou, I Kounatidis, P. Mavragani-Tsipidou, K. Bourtzis, N. T. Papadopoulos
BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Elena Drosopoulou, Angeliki Gariou-Papalexiou, Eleftheria Karamoustou, Georgia Gouvi, Antonios A. Augustinos, Kostas Bourtzis, Antigone Zacharopoulou
MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS
(2019)
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Agronomy
Charalampos S. Ioannou, Stella A. Papanastasiou, Kostas D. Zarpas, Miguel Angel Miranda, Andrea Sciarretta, David Nestel, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
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Agronomy
Andrea Sciarretta, Maria Rosaria Tabilio, Armando Amore, Marco Colacci, Miguel A. Miranda, David Nestel, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Pasquale Trematerra
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Ecology
Alexandros D. Diamantidis, Charalampos S. Ioannou, Christos T. Nakas, James R. Carey, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Entomology
Cleopatra A. Moraiti, Kirsten Koeppler, Heidrun Vogt, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Entomology
Panagiota Koskinioti, Erica Ras, Antonios A. Augustinos, Leo W. Beukeboom, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Carlos Caceres, Kostas Bourtzis
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2020)
Article
Entomology
Panagiota Koskinioti, Erica Ras, Antonios A. Augustinos, Leo W. Beukeboom, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Carlos Caceres, Kostas Bourtzis
ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Niki K. Dionysopoulou, Stella A. Papanastasiou, Georgios A. Kyritsis, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Article
Microbiology
Shi Chen, Dongjing Zhang, Antonios Augustinos, Vangelis Doudoumis, Naima Bel Mokhtar, Hamidou Maiga, George Tsiamis, Kostas Bourtzis
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Review
Microbiology
Mariana Mateos, Humberto Martinez Montoya, Silvia B. Lanzavecchia, Claudia Conte, Karina Guillen, Brenda M. Moran-Aceves, Jorge Toledo, Pablo Liedo, Elias D. Asimakis, Vangelis Doudoumis, Georgios A. Kyritsis, Nikos T. Papadopoulos, Antonios A. Augustinos, Diego F. Segura, George Tsiamis
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Antonios A. Augustinos, Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Danilo O. Carvalho, Lucia Duran de la Fuente, Panagiota Koskinioti, Kostas Bourtzis
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Katerina Nikolouli, Antonios A. Augustinos, Panagiota Stathopoulou, Elias Asimakis, Anastasios Mintzas, Kostas Bourtzis, George Tsiamis
Article
Biology
Panagiota Koskinioti, Antonios A. Augustinos, Danilo O. Carvalho, Muhammad Misbah-ul-Haq, Gulizar Pillwax, Lucia Duran de la Fuente, Gustavo Salvador-Herranz, Rafael Argiles Herrero, Kostas Bourtzis
Summary: Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arthropod-borne viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika, and controlling vector populations is crucial for impeding disease transmission. This study constructed two genetic sexing strains using red- and white-eye color mutations, with the red-eye strain showing better genetic stability. Introducing an irradiation-induced inversion (Inv35) increased genetic stability and reduced female contamination in male release batches, leading to the suppression of mosquito populations within weeks.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Elena Drosopoulou, Aristi Damaskou, Angeliki Markou, Sunday Ekesi, Fathiya Khamis, Aruna Manrakhan, Antonios A. Augustinos, George Tsiamis, Kostas Bourtzis
Summary: Ceratitis FAR is an African species complex involving economically important insect pests. Studying the mitochondrial genomes of this complex can help in resolving phylogenetic relationships and developing control methods.
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES
(2021)