Abstract Spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), is a significant, global invasive species first confirmed in the United States 2008. Since detection Minnesota 2012, D. rapidly became major economic pest of berry crops state. Effective monitoring adult populations crucial aspect developing integrated management (IPM) programs for at-risk crops. research was conducted 2016 and 2...

The broad variation in host use among polyphagous insects is well documented but still poorly understood. In numerous pest insects, the proximate mechanisms responsible for oviposition preference plants remain to be elucidated. invasive crop pest, Drosophila suzukii, attacks a wide range of fruits. Females prefer ovipositing on particular fruit media (blackberry, cherry, blackcurrant) that are ...

ARTICLES DISCUSSED: Januschke, J., Loyer, N. Applications of immobilization Drosophila tissues with fibrin clots for live imaging. Journal Visualized Experiments. (166), 10.3791/61954 (2020). Li, T., Luo, L. An explant system time-lapse imaging studies olfactory circuit assembly in Drosophila. (176), 10.3791/62983 (2021). Schramm, P., Hetsch, F., Meier, J. C., Koster, R. W. In vivo fully active...

We used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a cost-effective in vivo model to evaluate the efficacy of novel antibacterial peptides and peptoids for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. A panel of peptides with known antibacterial activity in vitro and/or in vivo was tested in Drosophila Although most peptides and peptoids that were effective in vitro...

BP neural network is optimized by improved drosophila algorithm, and a prediction model for air quality in Nanchang established based on the data meteorological of city recent three years. The experimental results show that algorithm has performance compared with accuracy 4%, small difference time consumption. indirect method slightly better than direct

Abstract The invasive spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is a major pest of fruit crops worldwide. Management D. suzukii relies heavily on chemical control in both organic and conventional systems, there need to develop more sustainable management practices. We evaluated the efficacy three colors plastic mulches at reducing populations fall-bearing raspberry assessed mulches’ impacts ...

The histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 is conserved throughout eukaryotes where it functions as part of large multi-subunit transcriptional coactivator complexes that stimulate gene expression. Here, we describe how studies in the model insect Drosophila melanogaster have provided insight into essential roles played by development multicellular organisms. We outline composition and activity four di...

Two exotic fruit flies species, Zaprionus indianus Gupta and Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), were detected in Argentina recent years. In this note, the southernmost detection of Z. an estimation field infestation level caused by both drosophilid species on figs (Ficus carica L.) raspberries (Rubus idaeus are reported.

Drosophila melanogaster and its close relatives are used extensively in comparative biology. Despite the importance of phylogenetic information for such studies, relationships between some melanogaster species group members are unclear due to conflicting phylogenetic signals at different loci. In this study, we use twelve nuclear loci (eleven coding and one non-coding) to assess the degree of p...

Examples of clinal variation in phenotypes and genotypes across latitudinal transects have served as important models for understanding how spatially varying selection and demographic forces shape variation within species. Here, we examine the selective and demographic contributions to latitudinal variation through the largest comparative genomic study to date of Drosophila simulans and Drosoph...