| development of allele-specific single-nucleotide polymorphism-based polymerase chain reaction markers in cytochrome oxidase i for the differentiation of bactrocera papayae and bactrocera carambolae (diptera: tephritidae). | differentiation of bactrocera papayae drew & hancock and bactrocera carambolae drew & hancock (diptera: tephritidae) based on morphological characters has often been problematical. we describe here a single-nucleotide polymorphism (snp)-based polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay to differentiate between these two species. for detection of snps, fragments derived from each species were amplified using two primer pairs, coif/coir and uea7/uea10, sequenced, and aligned to obtain a contiguous 1,517 ... | 2010 | 21309218 |
| generic phytosanitary radiation treatment for tephritid fruit flies provides quarantine security for bactrocera latifrons (diptera: tephritidae). | bactrocera latifrons (hendel) (diptera: tephritidae) is a quarantine pest of several solanaceous crops and tropical fruits that are treated using irradiation before export from hawaii to the u.s. mainland. a dose of 150 gy is approved as a generic irradiation treatment for tephritid fruit flies, but no confirmation of efficacy has been reported for b. latifrons. dose response of b. latifrons was used to determine the most tolerant life stage and identify a dose that prevents adult emergence. dat ... | 2011 | 22066179 |
| host use of bactrocera latifrons, a new invasive tephritid species in tanzania. | bactrocera latifrons (hendel) is a pest of asian origin, first detected in africa in 2006. we assessed the host utilization of this quarantine pest in morogoro region, eastern central tanzania, by collecting a wide range of cultivated and wild host plants of species belonging to solanaceae and cucurbitaceae from april 2007 to april 2008. fruit were collected from 29 plant species and varieties (16 solanaceae and 13 cucurbitaceae) in all agroecological zones of morogoro region. twelve solanaceous ... | 2010 | 20214370 |
| assessment of navel oranges, clementine tangerines, and rutaceous fruits as hosts of bactrocera cucurbitae and bactrocera latifrons (diptera: tephritidae). | export of citrus spp. fruits may require risk mitigation measures if grown in areas with established tephritid fruit fly (diptera: tephritidae) populations capable of infesting the fruits. the host status of citrus spp. fruits is unclear for two tephritid fruit fly species whose geographic ranges have expanded in recent years: melon fly, bactrocera cucurbitae (cocquillett), and bactrocera latifrons (hendel). in no choice cage infestation studies, b. latifrons oviposited into intact and punctured ... | 2015 | 26816484 |
| dietary lufenuron reduces egg hatch and influences protein expression in the fruit fly bactrocera latifrons (hendel). | lufenuron (lfn), a chitin synthase inhibitor, impacts the fertility of ceratitis capitata, bactrocera dorsalis, b. cucurbitae, and b. latifrons. we posed the hypothesis that lfn curtails egg hatch in the solanaceous fruit fly, b. latifrons. in this study, newly emerged virgin adults were sexed and fed for 12 days with varying concentrations of lfn-laced agar diets until sexual maturation. eggs were collected from 12-d-old adults and the egg hatch was assessed. egg hatch decreased in adults reare ... | 2014 | 24753137 |
| the susceptibility of different pepper varieties to infestation by bactrocera latifrons (diptera: tephritidae). | the malaysian fruit fly, bactrocera latifrons (hendel), is a pest of peppers (capsicum spp.) in thailand. a field trial was undertaken to determine whether five commonly used cultivars of c. annuum, with marked differences in morphology and pungency, varied in their susceptibility to infestation by b. latifrons. experiments carried out in both the dry and rainy seasons showed temporal differences in the number of fruits per cultivar, but there was no effect of variety or season on the proportion ... | 2013 | 24020277 |
| release and establishment of the parasitoid diachasmimorpha kraussii against the tephritid fruit fly bactrocera latifrons in hawaii. | diachasmimorpha kraussii (fullaway) (hymenoptera: braconidae) was first released against bactrocera latifrons (hendel) (diptera: tephritidae) in hawaii in march 2003. over a three month period, eight releases, totaling 7,696 females and 3,968 males, were made in a turkeyberry, solanum torvum swartz (solanales: solanaceae) patch known to have a well established b. latifrons population. the establishment of d. kraussii was assessed through fruit collections conducted over a three-year period beyon ... | 2013 | 23879328 |
| host status of vaccinium reticulatum (ericaceae) to invasive tephritid fruit flies in hawaii. | ohelo (vaccicinium reticulatum small) (ericaceae) is a native hawaiian plant that has commercial potential in hawaii as a nursery crop to be transplanted for berry production or for sale as a potted ornamental. no-choice infestation studies were conducted to determine whether ohelo fruit are hosts for four invasive tephritid fruit fly species. ohelo berries were exposed to gravid female flies ofbactrocera dorsalis hendel (oriental fruit fly), ceratitis capitata (wiedemann) (mediterranean fruit f ... | 2011 | 21510206 |
| host status of blueberry to invasive tephritid fruit flies in hawaii. | forced infestation studies were conducted to determine whether northern or southern highbush blueberries, vaccinium corymbosum l., are hosts for the invasive tephritid fruit flies in hawaii. fruit were exposed to gravid female flies of bactrocera dorsalis hendel (oriental fruit fly), ceratitis capitata (wiedemann) (mediterranean fruit fly), or bactrocera cucurbitae coquillet (melon fly) in screen cages outdoors for 6 h and then held on sand in the laboratory for 2 wk for pupal and adult emergenc ... | 2009 | 19886450 |
| thermal death kinetics of mediterranean, malaysian, melon, and oriental fruit fly (diptera: tephritidae) eggs and third instars. | the late-aged egg and third-instar life stages of laboratory-reared malaysian fruit fly, bactrocera latifrons (hendel); mediterranean fruit fly, ceratitis capitata (wiedemann); melon fly, b. cucurbitae coquillett; and oriental fruit fly, b. dorsalis (hendel), (diptera: tephritidae); and the third instars of wild mediterranean fruit fly were exposed to thermal treatments. a heating block system was used to determine the thermal death kinetics of the four fruit fly species. treatments consisted of ... | 2009 | 19449631 |
| new attractants for males of the solanaceous fruit fly bactrocera latifrons. | alpha-ionone, alpha-ionol, and their mixtures with phenolic volatiles act as potential male lures for the solanaceous fruit fly bactrocera latifrons (hendel). however, the attractiveness of these compounds is not as strong as that of other well-known tephritid male lures, such as methyl eugenol for bactrocera dorsalis. isophorone and isophorol, which have a partial skeletal structure of alpha-ionone/alpha-ionol (i.e., trimethylcyclohexene), were attractive to b. latifrons males, and their mixtur ... | 2008 | 19018595 |
| enhancement of attraction of alpha-ionol to male bactrocera latifrons (diptera: tephritidae) by addition of a synergist, cade oil. | male lures are known for many tephritid fruit fly species and are often preferred over food bait based traps for detection trapping because of their high specificity and ability to attract flies over a wide area. alpha-ionol has been identified as a male lure for the tephritid fruit fly bactrocera latifrons (hendel). the attraction of this compound to male b. latifrons individuals, however, is not as strong as is the attraction of other tephritid fruit fly species to their respective male lures. ... | 2001 | 11233131 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of three bactrocera fruit flies of subgenus bactrocera (diptera: tephritidae) and their phylogenetic implications. | bactrocera latifrons is a serious pest of solanaceous fruits and bactrocera umbrosa is a pest of artocarpus fruits, while bactrocera melastomatos infests the fruit of melastomataceae. they are members of the subgenus bactrocera. we report here the complete mitochondrial genome of these fruit flies determined by next-generation sequencing and their phylogeny with other taxa of the subgenus bactrocera. the whole mitogenomes of these three species possessed 37 genes namely, 13 protein-coding genes ... | 2016 | 26840430 |
| active ingredients in cade oil that synergize attractiveness of alpha-ionol to male bactrocera latifrons (diptera: tephritidae). | cade oil, a commercially available essential oil produced by destructive distillation of juniper, juniperus oxycedrus l., twigs, is known to synergize the attractancy of alpha-ionol to male bactrocera latifrons (hendel). through chemical fractionation and outdoor olfactometer-based bioassays, seven compounds in cade oil were identified that potentially could provide some level of synergism. tests with sterile laboratory flies showed that four of the seven compounds (eugenol, isoeugenol, 2-methox ... | 2004 | 15279265 |