How Mediterranean Fruit Flies Resist Aging, Live Long and Remain Fertile

The objective of the research were to investigate level parasitization, immature development period, longevity of adult parasitoids, along with number of progeny and parasitoid sex of Psyttalia sp. attacking larvae of Bactrocera dorsalis. This experiment was conducted in Laboratory of Entomology, Department Plant Pest and Diseases Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University from March to September 2007. The result showed that the average level of parasitization of Psyttalia sp. reached 24.24%. The highest one was 30% and the lowest was 16.7%. The immature development period of Psyttalia sp. ranged from 24-31 days with average 27.5 days. Longevity of imago parasitoids which stored at 5 0C was 14.1 days. In the research, the progeny of parasitoids which produced was females with percentage of females reached 59.99% and percentage of males reached 39.99%.Keywords: fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis, parasitoid, Psyttalia sp.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Fruit flies in biomedical research.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.725328389.793504696 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Norman Johnson

Keyword(s):

Biomedical Research ◽

Fruit Flies

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Pieces of Mind

10.1093/oso/9780198809524.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Carrie Figdor

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Models ◽

Moral Status ◽

Entire Range ◽

Fruit Flies ◽

Literal Interpretation ◽

Psychological Capacities

Many people accept that chimpanzees, dolphins, and some other animals can think and feel. But these cases are just the tip of a growing iceberg. If biologists are right, fruit flies and plants make decisions, worms and honeybees can be trained, bacteria communicate linguistically, and neurons have preferences. Just how far does cognition go? This book is the first to critically consider this question from the perspective of the entire range of new ascriptions of psychological capacities throughout biology. It is also the first to consider the role of mathematical models and other quantitative forms of evidence in prompting and supporting the new ascriptions. It defends a default literal interpretation of psychological terms across biological domains. It also considers the implications of the literal view for efforts to explain the mind’s place in nature and for traditional ways of distinguishing the superior moral status of humans relative to other living beings.

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Linking mango infestation by fruit flies to fruit maturity and fly pressure: A prerequisite to improve fruit fly damage management via harvest timing optimization

Crop Protection ◽

10.1016/j.cropro.2021.105663 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 146 ◽

pp. 105663

Author(s):

Isabelle Grechi ◽

Anne-Laure Preterre ◽

Aude Caillat ◽

Frédéric Chiroleu ◽

Alain Ratnadass

Keyword(s):

Fruit Fly ◽

Fruit Flies ◽

Timing Optimization ◽

Fruit Maturity ◽

Harvest Timing

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Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on the Polish Baltic Coast

Polish Journal of Entomology / Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne ◽

10.2478/v10200-011-0044-x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

pp. 555-578

Author(s):

Anna Klasa ◽

Elżbieta Kaczorowska ◽

Bogusław Soszyński

Keyword(s):

Fruit Flies ◽

Wet Meadows ◽

Baltic Coast ◽

First Time ◽

Sandy Grassland

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on the Polish Baltic Coast The paper contains faunistic information on 53 species of Tephritidae recorded on the Polish Baltic Coast. Species characteristic of this region are associated with brackish meadows (Campiglossa plantaginis), wet meadows (Tephritis angustipennis and Campiglossa argyrocephala), and sandy grassland (Chaetorellia acrolophi). The last-mentioned species is recorded in the Polish fauna for the first time.

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