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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Mediterranean fruit fly"”.
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Male reproductive success and population control in the Mediterranean fruit fly, ceratitis capitata
… reproductive success in Ceratitis capitata (medfly) are largely unknown. This comes despite decades of research into the reproductive behaviour of this agricultural pest. An understanding of what makes a successful male is of great importance in this lekking species, as one male has the ability …
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ΣΥΓΚΡΙΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΧΟΡΙΟΓΕΝΕΣΗΣ ΣΕ ΕΝΤΟΜΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΗΣ ΣΗΜΑΣΙΑΣ
… MOST THOROUGHLY STUDIED EGGSHELL BELONGS TO THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILLA MELANOGASTER (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE). THE ENZYME PEROXIDASE WAS FOUND TO BE A STRUCTURAL COMPOUND OF THE EGGSHELL AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COVALLENT TYROSINE BONDS, BETWEEN THE EGGSHELL PROTEINS AND THE …
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Molecular evolution of a superfamily of chemoreceptors in Musca domestica and Ceratitis capitata
The house fly (Musca domestica) and the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) are two important pest species. While both are generalists, the first is a major vector of a variety of human and livestock disease, while the second is a broadly polyphagous herbivore and important crop pest. Each …
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Diet, adaptation and the evolution of assortative mating in Ceratitis capitata
… was tested. These tests were conducted on the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata, Wiedemann) (medfly) model system, which has been relatively under-utilised in the experimental study of speciation. Using manipulative experiments and experimental evolution, the three major components of …
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Utilizzo di tecniche elettrofisiologiche e comportamentali indirizzate al controllo eco-compatibile di popolazioni di insetti di interesse ambientale, sanitario e agronomico
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied., is a worldwide pest for horticulture because of its high biological potential, the difficulty of control and the broad polyphagy, mainly addressed, in Southern Europe, to pomaceous (apples and pears) and citrus (oranges) cultures. Information …
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An Assessment of Technical Barriers in Central American Agricultural and Food Trade
… the ban based on the risk of introduction of the Mediterranean fruit fly is partially lifted, due in part on discussions in the CAFTA negotiations. Mature green, vine-ripe and greenhouse tomatoes are heterogeneous in demand, and vine-ripe tomatoes are but greenhouse tomatoes are not heterogeneous …
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Investigating the potential of South African Entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), hereafter known as the medfly, is one of the most economically important pests affecting fruit production worldwide and remains a persistent challenge in South Africa’s export-orientated horticulture sector. Its high reproductive …
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Electrophysiological and morphological analyses in two species of insects, Protophormia terraenovae and Ceratitis capitata
… in the labellar taste receptors of the blowfly is differently affected by 4-aminopyridine and 5-hydroxytryptamine In taste chemoreception of invertebrates the interaction of taste stimuli with specific membrane receptors and/or ion channels located in the apical membrane of taste receptor …
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ΓΕΝΕΤΙΚΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΠΛΗΘΥΣΜΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΕΝΤΟΜΟΥ CERATITIS CAPITATA (WIEDEMANN) (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE)
THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF 16 WILD POPULATION OF MEDFLY SAMPLED FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AND ALSO FROM DIFFERENT HOST FRUIT SPECIES ARE STUDIED ELECTROPHORETICALLY. THE RESULTS ARE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS. 1) ALL THE MEDITERRANEAN POPULATIONS PROVED TO BE HIGHLY MONUMORPHIC (H=0.051), WHEREAS …