Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) host status determination: critical conceptual, methodological, and regulatory considerations

M Aluja, RL Mangan - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2008 - annualreviews.org
Although fruit fly host status determination/designation lies at the heart of strategic decisions
on national and international trade of fruit and vegetables, all attempts thus far to define host …

Plant chemicals and the sexual behavior of male tephritid fruit flies

DF Segura, SA Belliard, MT Vera… - Annals of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Plant compounds affect insects in many different ways. In addition to being a food source,
plants also contain secondary metabolites that may have positive and negative impacts on …

The ecology of Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae): what do we know to assist pest management?

AR Clarke, KS Powell, CW Weldon… - Annals of Applied …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution, systematics and ecology of Bactrocera tryoni, the Queensland fruit fly, are
reviewed. Bactrocera tryoni is a member of the B. tryoni complex of species, which currently …

Multiple plant traits shape the genetic basis of herbivore community assembly

MA Barbour, MA Rodriguez‐Cabal, ET Wu… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Community genetics research has posited a genetic basis to the assembly of ecological
communities. For arthropod herbivores in particular, there is strong support that genetic …

[PDF][PDF] Plant architecture and vegetation structure: two ways for insect herbivores to escape parasitism

E Obermaier, A Heisswolf, HJ Poethke… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Citeseer
Interactions between herbivorous insects and their parasitoids occur in highly structured and
complex environments. Habitat structure can be an important factor affecting ecological …

Mango fruit fly trap detection using different wireless communications

F Hahn, S Valle, R Rendón, O Oyorzabal, A Astudillo - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fruit flies cause production losses in mango orchards affecting fruit quality. A National
Campaign against Fruit Flies (NCFF) evaluates farm status using the fruit flies per trap per …

Life-stage related responses to combined effects of acclimation temperature and humidity on the thermal tolerance of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)(Lepidoptera …

R Mutamiswa, H Machekano, F Chidawanyika… - Journal of Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Adaptive thermal plasticity plays a key role in mitigating the effects of seasonal and diurnal
thermal fluctuations among ectotherms at various life-stages. While the role of thermal …

Effect of humidity on egg hatchability and reproductive biology of the bamboo borer (Dinoderus minutus Fabricius)

AR Norhisham, F Abood, M Rita, KR Hakeem - SpringerPlus, 2013 - Springer
Wood products are highly exposed to infestation by powder post beetles. Dinoderus minutus
(bamboo borer) is a wood boring beetle that seriously damage dried bamboo and finished …

Diversity and seasonal abundance of tephritid fruit flies in three agro‐ecosystems in Benin, West Africa

D Gnanvossou, R Hanna, G Goergen… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The horticulture industry in Benin is under threat due to fruit fly infestation on important crops
such as cucurbits and mango. Given the economic losses due to fruit fly infestations …

Managing pestiferous fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) through environmental manipulation.

M Aluja, J Rull - 2009 - cabidigitallibrary.org
One of the most humbling challenges a fruit-fly biologist can face is to try to understand what
drives the biology, ecology and behaviour of fruit flies and, based on this knowledge, design …