Adaptive genetic variation has been thought to originate primarily from either new mutation
or standing variation. Another potential source of adaptive variation is adaptive variants from …

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are among the most economically important pest species in
the world, attacking a wide range of fruits and fleshy vegetables throughout tropical and sub …

Throughout the past century, the global spread of Bactrocera pests has continued to pose a
significant threat to the commercial fruit and vegetable industry, resulting in substantial costs …

Engineered gene drives, which bias their own inheritance to increase in frequency in target
populations, are being developed to control mosquito malaria vectors. Such mosquitoes can …

Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Weidemann,'Medfly') is currently distributed only in
Western Australia. Although occasional detections occur in South Australia and the Northern …

Abstract The tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae) contains over 930 recognised species and
has been widely studied due to the economic importance of some taxa, such as the Oriental …

For several decades, control of fruit fly pests in Australia has depended to a large degree on
dimethoate, a broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide that has been widely used on …

The Queensland fruit fly or 'Q-fly,'Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)(Diptera: Tephritidae), is
Australia's most damaging insect pest of horticulture. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is …

Abstract Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)(Diptera: Tephritidae), commonly called 'Queensland
fruit fly'in Australia, and Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann)(Diptera …

Tephritid fruit flies are major economic pests for fruit production and are an impediment to
international trade. Different host fruits are known to vary in their suitability for fruit flies to …