Tephritidae fruit fly gut microbiome diversity, function and potential for applications

MF Raza, Z Yao, S Bai, Z Cai, H Zhang - Bulletin of Entomological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The family Tephritidae (order: Diptera), commonly known as fruit flies, comprises a widely
distributed group of agricultural pests. The tephritid pests infest multiple species of fruits and …

Tephritidae bacterial symbionts: potentials for pest management

MS Noman, L Liu, Z Bai, Z Li - Bulletin of Entomological Research, 2020 - cambridge.org
Tephritidae is a large family that includes several fruit and vegetable pests. These
organisms usually harbor a variegated bacterial community in their digestive systems …

Exploitation of the Medfly Gut Microbiota for the Enhancement of Sterile Insect Technique: Use of Enterobacter sp. in Larval Diet-Based Probiotic Applications

AA Augustinos, GA Kyritsis, NT Papadopoulos… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a pest of worldwide substantial
economic importance, as well as a Tephritidae model for sterile insect technique (SIT) …

Nitrogen-Fixing and Uricolytic Bacteria Associated with the Gut of Dendroctonus rhizophagus and Dendroctonus valens (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

J Morales-Jiménez, A Vera-Ponce de León… - Microbial ecology, 2013 - Springer
The bark beetles of the genus Dendroctonus feed on phloem that is a nitrogen-limited
source. Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen recycling may compensate or alleviate such a …

Composition and diversity of gut microbiota across developmental stages of Spodoptera frugiperda and its effect on the reproduction

J Fu, J Wang, X Huang, B Guan, Q Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Spodoptera frugiperda is a serious world-wide agricultural pest. Gut
microorganisms play crucial roles in growth, development, immunity and behavior of host …

Diversity of bacteria in different life stages and their impact on the development and reproduction of Zeugodacus tau (Diptera: Tephritidae)

MS Noman, G Shi, LJ Liu, ZH Li - Insect science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fruit flies usually harbor diverse communities of bacteria in their digestive systems, which
are known to play a significant role in their fitness. However, little information is available on …

Diversity of bacterial communities in the midgut of Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) populations and their potential use as attractants

AB Hadapad, CS Prabhakar… - Pest Management …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The microbiota plays an important role in insect development and fitness.
Understanding the gut microbiota composition is essential for the development of pest …

Comparative Analysis of the Gut Bacterial Community of Four Anastrepha Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) Based on Pyrosequencing

C Ventura, CI Briones-Roblero, E Hernández… - Current …, 2018 - Springer
Fruit flies are the most economically important group of phytophagous flies worldwide.
Whereas the ecological role of bacteria associated with tephritid fruit fly species of the …

Diversity of the cultivable gut bacterial communities associated with the fruit flies Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

NR Gujjar, S Govindan, A Verghese, S Subramaniam… - Phytoparasitica, 2017 - Springer
Gut microbes play an important role in insect morphogenesis, nutrition, development of
resistance against parasitoids and detoxification of toxic compounds. A culture-based …

Genetic analysis of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) populations based on mitochondrial cox1 and nad1 gene sequences from India and …

JS Choudhary, N Naaz, CS Prabhakar, M Lemtur - Genetica, 2016 - Springer
The study examined the genetic diversity and demographic history of Bactrocera dorsalis, a
destructive and polyphagous insect pest of fruit crops in diverse geographic regions of India …