The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is a major pest of trees in several areas the world. Testing novel preventive methods against B. oleae infestations paramount. use particle film eluding and avoiding oviposition one main strategies adopted by growers; however, choices are often limited to kaolin. Under field conditions, we tested efficacy compounds, including films, for their effectiveness...

Brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) from insects midgut can be successfully used to study several membrane phenomena, including nutrient absorption, ions permeability and insecticides mode of action. Midgut BBMV, purified from Musca domestica whole larvae, were used for the functional characterization of leucine transport. The amino acid uptake was accelerated in the presence of sodium or pot...

The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae has a unique ability to cope with olive flesh, and is the most destructive pest of olives worldwide. Its control has been largely based on the use of chemical insecticides, however, the selection of insecticide resistance against several insecticides has evolved. The study of detoxification mechanisms, which allow the olive fruit fly to defend against insect...

The economic importance of Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) and the problems associated with insecticides make necessary new management approaches, including deeper biological knowledge its relationship landscape structure. Landscape complexity reduces B. abundance in late summer–autumn areas high dominance olive groves, but effect structure spring less dominated by groves has not been studied. It is a...

Soil treatments with Metarhizium brunneum EAMa 01/58-Su strain conducted in both Northern and Southern Spain reduced the olive fly (Bactrocera oleae) population density emerging from the soil during spring up to 70% in treated plots compared with controls. A model to determine the influence of rainfall on the conidial wash into different soil types was developed, with most of the conidia retain...

38 INTRODUCTION Fruit fl ies (Diptera: Tephritidae) includes about 4 300 species in almost 500 genera (White, 2006). It is amongst the largest families of Diptera and one of the most economically important. The larvae of many species develop in the seed bearing organs of plants. Several species are known to attack different types of commercially grown crops, causing considerable damage. The fem...

Several photosensitizing agents, which are activated by illumination with sunlight or artificial light sources, have been shown to be accumulated in significant amounts by a variety of insects when they are administered in association with suitable baits. The subsequent exposure of such insects to UV/visible light leads to a significant drop in survival. Of the photosensitizers tested so far, x...

Following cultivation-dependent and -independent techniques, we investigated the microbiota associated with Bactrocera oleae, one of the major agricultural pests in olive-producing countries. Bacterial 16S rRNA gene libraries and ultrastructural analyses revealed the presence of several bacterial taxa associated with this insect, among which Acetobacter tropicalis was predominant. The recent in...