Edited by Kostas Bourtzis, Carlos Caceres and Marc Schetelig.
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):148
Volume 21 Supplement 2
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Edited by Kostas Bourtzis, Carlos Caceres and Marc Schetelig.
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):148
Area-wide integrated pest management programs (AW-IPM) incorporating sterile insect technique (SIT) have been successful in suppressing populations of different fruit fly species during the last six decades. I...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):134
A genetic sexing strain (GSS) is an essential component for pest control using the sterile insect technique (SIT). A GSS is developed using a combination of Y-autosome translocation and a selectable marker suc...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):131
Pest eradication using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) involves high-density releases of sterilized males that mate with wild females and ultimately suppress the population. Sterilized females are not requi...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):127
The highly polyphagous Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt) expanded its range substantially during the twentieth century and is now the most economically important insect pest of Australian horticul...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):135
Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis mate asynchronously; the former mates exclusively around dusk while the latter mates during the day. The two species also differ in the colour of the post-pronotal lo...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):132
The olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) is the most destructive pest of the olive cultivation worldwide causing significant production losses and olive fruit impoverishment, as its larvae feed exclusively on the o...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):140
The Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is a highly polyphagous invasive species with a high reproductive potential. In many tropical and subtropical parts of the world it ranks as one of the major pests of ...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):125
The spotted-wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) is a widespread invasive pest that causes severe economic damage to fruit crops. The early development of D. suzukii is similar to that of other Drosophilids, but ...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):146
The invasive fly Drosophila suzukii has become an established fruit pest in Europe, the USA, and South America with no effective and safe pest management. Genetic engineering enables the development of transgene-...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):139
Females of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Medfly) are major agricultural pests, as they lay eggs into the fruit crops of hundreds of plant species. In Medfly, female sex determination is based on...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):150
The hopper hAT-family transposable element isolated from the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is distantly related to both the Drosophila hobo element and the Activator element from maize. The original 31...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):137
Anastrepha fraterculus sp. 1 is considered a quarantine pest in several American countries. Since chemical control applied in an integrated pest management program is the only strategy utilized against this pest,...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):136
Anastrepha fraterculus is recognized as a quarantine pest in several American countries. This fruit fly species is native to the American continent and distributed throughout tropical and subtropical regions. It ...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):149
Bactrocera dorsalis is a destructive polyphagous and highly invasive insect pest of tropical and subtropical species of fruit and vegetable crops. The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been used for decades to c...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):138
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a cosmopolitan agricultural pest of worldwide economic importance and a model for the development of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for fruit flies of the T...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):128
The sterile insect technique (SIT) has been successfully used in many pest management programs worldwide. Some SIT programs release both sexes due to the lack of genetic sexing strains or efficient sex separat...
Citation: BMC Genomic Data 2020 21(Suppl 2):141
The New World Screwworm fly (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax, is an ectoparasite of warm-blooded animals and a major pest of livestock in parts of South America and the Caribbean where it remains endemic. In North ...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):143
Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arthropod-borne viruses and one of the most widespread and invasive mosquito species. Due to the lack of efficient specific drugs or vaccination strategies, vector populatio...
Citation: BMC Genetics 2020 21(Suppl 2):142
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