Publications

accumulation of phenylpropanoid and sesquiterpenoid volatiles in male rectal pheromonal glands of the guava fruit fly, bactrocera correcta.	the guava fruit fly, bactrocera correcta, is widely distributed in thailand and other surrounding southeast asian countries, and, like the closely related sympatric species, the oriental fruit fly, b. dorsalis, infests various fruits, including guava, peach, and mango. males of both b. correcta and b. dorsalis are strongly attracted to, and compulsively feed on, methyl eugenol (me). bactrocera dorsalis males fed on me sequester its metabolite phenylpropanoids, (e)-coniferyl alcohol and 2-allyl-4 ...	2010	20967492
isolation and characterization of doublesex homologues in the bactrocera species: b. dorsalis (hendel) and b. correcta (bezzi) and their putative promoter regulatory regions.	doublesex (dsx) is a double-switch gene at the bottom of the somatic sex-determination hierarchy which regulates sexual dimorphism in many insects. here, drosophila melanogaster homologues of dsx were isolated in two bactrocera species, the oriental fruit fly, b. dorsalis, and the guava fruit fly, b. correcta. results of rt-pcr analysis suggests that both the b. dorsalis dsx (bd1dsx) and b. correcta dsx (bcdsx) genes are transcribed and sex-specifically spliced in accordance with the drosophila ...	2011	20976560
rapid diagnosis of the economically important fruit fly, bactrocera correcta (diptera: tephritidae) based on a species-specific barcoding cytochrome oxidase i marker.	the guava fruit fly, bactrocera correcta (bezzi) (diptera: tephritidae), is an invasive pest of fruit and vegetable crops that primarily inhabits southeast asia and which has the potential to become a major threat within both the oriental and australian oceanic regions as well as california and florida. in light of the threat posed, it is important to develop a rapid, accurate and reliable method to identify b. correcta in quarantine work in order to provide an early warning to prevent its wides ...	2013	23458744
the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of bactrocera minax (diptera: tephritidae).	the complete 16,043 bp mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of bactrocera minax (diptera: tephritidae) has been sequenced. the genome encodes 37 genes usually found in insect mitogenomes. the mitogenome information for b. minax was compared to the homologous sequences of bactrocera oleae, bactrocera tryoni, bactrocera philippinensis, bactrocera carambolae, bactrocera papayae, bactrocera dorsalis, bactrocera correcta, bactrocera cucurbitae and ceratitis capitata. the analysis indicated the structure ...	2014	24964138
thermal plasticity is related to the hardening response of heat shock protein expression in two bactrocera fruit flies.	it is generally believed that widely distributed species differ in their thermal plasticity from narrowly distributed species, but how differences in thermal plasticity are regulated at the molecular level remains largely unknown. here, we conducted a comparative study of two closely related invasive fruit fly species, bactrocera correcta and bactroceradorsalis, in china. the two species had overlapping distributions, but b. dorsalis had a much wider range throughout the country and a longer inv ...	2014	24992713
pyrosequencing reveals a shift in symbiotic bacteria populations across life stages of bactrocera dorsalis.	bactrocera dorsalis is one of the most economically important fruit flies around the world. in this study, 454 pyrosequencing was used to identify the bacteria associated with different developmental stages of b. dorsalis. at ≥ 97% nucleotide similarity, total reads could be assigned to 172 operational taxonomic units belonging to six phyla. proteobacteria dominated in immature stages while firmicutes dominated in adult stages. the most abundant families were enterococcaceae and comamondaceae. t ...	2015	25822599
sex pheromone of anastrepha striata.	the guava fruit fly, anastrepha striata, is a pest of several cultivated species of myrtaceae in the american tropics and subtropics. during calling, a. striata males release numerous volatiles. this study was conducted to identify which of the male volatiles function as the a. striata sex pheromone and to investigate the effects of age and time of day on the emission of pheromone components. analysis of the volatiles from males collected by solid phase microextraction using gas chromatography c ...	2015	25912228
the mitochondrial genome of the peach fruit fly, bactrocera zonata (saunders) (diptera: tephritidae): complete dna sequence, genome organization, and phylogenetic analysis with other tephritids using next generation dna sequencing.	mitochondrial genome can provide information for genomic structure as well as for phylogenetic analysis and evolutionary biology. the complete 15,935 bp mitochondrial genome of bactrocera zonata (diptera: tephritidae), is assembled from illumina miseq read data. the mitogenome information for b. zonata was compared to the homologous sequences of other tephritids. annotation indicated that the structure and orientation of 13 protein coding genes (pcgs), 22 trna and 2 rrna sequences were typical o ...	2015	26031235
effect of low-temperature phosphine fumigation on the survival of bactrocera correcta (diptera: tephritidae).	this laboratory-based study examined the effects of low-temperature phosphine fumigation on the survival of the eggs and larvae of the guava fruit fly, bactrocera correcta (bezzi). individual flies at different developmental stages, from 6-h-old eggs to third instars, were exposed to 0.92 mg/liter phosphine for 1-7 d at 5°c. we found that 12-h-old eggs and third instars were the most tolerant to phosphine. increasing phosphine concentrations from 0.46 to 4.56 mg/liter increased mortality in thes ...	2015	26470302
complete mitochondrial genome of the guava fruit fly, bactrocera correcta (diptera: tephritidae).	bactrocera correcta (diptera: tephritidae) is one of the most serious pest insects in south china and surrounding southeast asian countries. the family tephritidae includes over 4257 species distributed worldwide, so the complete mitochondrial genome would be helpful for bio-identification, biogeography and phylogeny. the b. correcta genome consists of 15 936 bp. annotation indicated that the structure and orientation of 13 protein-coding genes (pcgs), 22 trna and 2 rrna sequences were typical o ...	2016	26513144
the study of the transformer gene from bactrocera dorsalis and b. correcta with putative core promoter regions.	the transformer (tra) is a sex determining switch in different orders of insects, including diptera, as in the family tephritidae. the lifelong autoregulatory loop of tra female-specific splicing can be reset by the intervention of male-specific primary signals (m factor). in early development, the functional female and truncated male tra proteins relay the sexual fates to the alternative splicing of a bisexual switch gene, doublesex (dsx) cascading the sexual differentiation processes. bactroce ...	2016	26833079
relative tolerance of six bactrocera (diptera: tephritidae) species to phytosanitary cold treatment.	to compare relative cold treatment tolerance across the economically important tephritid fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae), bactrocera carambolae drew & hancock, bactrocera correcta (bezzi), bactrocera cucurbitae (coquillett), four populations of bactrocera dorsalis (hendel), bactrocera zonata (saunders), and bactrocera tryoni (froggatt), eggs (in vitro), and larvae (in infested fruit or on carrot diet) were cold treated at 2.0 ± 0.2 °c for selected durations. the study was performed to assess ...	2016	27660425
dna barcode variability and host plant usage of fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) in thailand.	the objectives of this study were to examine the genetic variation in fruit flies (diptera: tephritidae) in thailand and to test the efficiency of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit i (coi) barcoding region for species-level identification. twelve fruit fly species were collected from 24 host plant species of 13 families. the number of host plant species for each fruit fly species ranged between 1 and 11, with bactrocera correcta found in the most diverse host plants. a total of 123 ...	2016	27673405
genetic diversity and population structure in bactrocera correcta (diptera: tephritidae) inferred from mtdna cox1 and microsatellite markers.	bactrocera correcta is one of the most destructive pests of horticultural crops in tropical and subtropical regions. despite the economic risk, the population genetics of this pest have remained relatively unexplored. this study explores population genetic structure and contemporary gene flow in b. correcta in chinese yunnan province and attempts to place observed patterns within the broader geographical context of the species' total range. based on combined data from mtdna cox1 sequences and 12 ...	2016	27929126
interspecific competition between ceratitis capitata and two bactrocera spp. (diptera: tephritidae) evaluated via adult behavioral interference under laboratory conditions.	the mediterranean fruit fly, ceratitis capitata (wiedemann), is considered one of the most invasive tephritid species. it has spread and established populations successfully throughout many of the tropical temperate regions, partially owing to the increase in global trading activity that facilitates diffusion of species. however, c. capitata has never been detected in china, even though some areas of the country have favorable climate and ample food resources. historically, some researchers have ...	2017	28334323
using two-sex life tables to determine fitness parameters of four bactrocera species (diptera: tephritidae) reared on a semi-artificial diet.	fruit flies in the genus bactrocera are global, economically important pests of agricultural food crops. however, basic life history information about these pests, which is vital for designing more effective control methods, is currently lacking. artificial diets can be used as a suitable replacement for natural host plants for rearing fruit flies under laboratory conditions, and this study reports on the two-sex life-table parameters of four bactrocera species (bactrocera correcta, bactrocera d ...	2017	28944746