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 …

Abstract The Oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), a global pest that can decimate
regional fruit industries and elicit international quarantines, has been the subject of …

Tephritid fruit flies are among the most invasive and destructive agricultural pests worldwide.
Over recent years, many studies have implemented the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing …

The cue-lure-responding New Guinea fruit fly, Bactrocera trivialis, poses a biosecurity risk to
neighbouring countries, eg, Australia. In trapping programs, lure caught flies are usually …

Insects rely on odorant receptors (ORs) to detect and respond to volatile environmental
cues, so the ORs are attracting increasing interest as potential targets for pest control …

The utility of a universal DNA 'barcode'fragment (658 base pairs of the Cytochrome C
Oxidase I [COI] gene) has been established as a useful tool for species identification, and …

Within a fruit, fruit fly larvae can be subject to scramble competition, in which density-
dependent effects can influence the fitness of subsequent adults. While there is significant …

Carpomya pardalina is known for its potential invasiveness, which poses a significant and
alarming threat to Cucurbitaceae crops. It is considered a highly perilous pest species that …

Background Most arthropods are famous for their large reproductive capacity, with the ovary
playing a vital role in the process. The study of the regulatory mechanisms of ovarian …

Bactrocera oleae Rossi causes important agricultural losses in olive growing regions.
Despite its economic relevance, the expansion history and biogeography of B. oleae and …