Keywords: Biological control
Exploration of the potential of a boosted sterile insect technique to control fruit flies in mango orchards
Tags: Biological control, Fruit fly, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Esther Gnilane Diouf, Thierry Brévault, Saliou Ndiaye, Cyril Piou, Pest Management Science, 2024.
An innovative version of the sterile insect technique (SIT) for pest control, called boosted SIT, relies on the use of sterile males coated with a biocide to control a target wild pest population of the same species. The objective of the present study was to assess the relevance ...
The Perpetual Vector Mosquito Threat and Its Eco-Friendly Nemeses
Tags: Aedes, Arbovirus, Biological controlMiranda, L.S.; Rudd, S.R.; Mena, O.; Hudspeth, P.E.; Barboza-Corona, J.E.; Park, H.-W.; Bideshi, D.K., Biology, 13:182. 2024.
Aedes, Culex, and Anopheles mosquitoes are the most prolific arthropod vectors of viral and parasitic agents of debilitating and lethal diseases in humans and animals. Despite some success in integrated pest management programs to control vectors, mosquito-borne diseases, such as ...
The organizational structure of global gene drive research
Tags: Biological control, Gene driveFlorian Rabitz, Global Environmental Change, 84. 2024.
Gene drives are a proposed method for large-scale in situ genetic engineering.
Wolbachia still works when it is warm
Tags: Arbovirus, Biological control, Dengue, Ecology, WolbachiaMcKay, A., Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8. 2024.
Wolbachia is a maternally inherited endosymbiotic bacterium that can impede the transmission of viruses such as dengue and Zika by some mosquito vectors to humans. Over the past decade, this self-sustaining disease-control method has been rolled out in cities of increasing size; ...
Gene drives – maybe not a silver bullet, but a bullet nonetheless
Tags: Biological control, OceaniaJenny Leonard, New Zealand's Biological Heritage, 2023.
A gene drive is both a natural process and a genetic engineering technology where a gene is promoted or favoured during reproduction—instead of there being a “chance” of an offspring inheriting a gene, gene drives almost guarantee that the offspring (and subsequent ...
Rapid turnover of pathogen-blocking Wolbachia and their incompatibility loci
Tags: Aedes, Biological control, Evolution, Population modification/replacement, WolbachiaShropshire JD, Conner WR, Vanderpool D, Hoffmann AA, Turelli M, Cooper BS., bioRxiv, 2023.
At least half of all insect species carry maternally inherited Wolbachia alphaproteobacteria, making Wolbachia the most common endosymbionts in nature. Wolbachia spread to high frequencies is often due to cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), a Wolbachia -induced sperm modification ...
Assessing the sterility and quality of gamma-irradiated pepper weevils, Anthonomus eugenii (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), toward the development of the sterile insect technique
Tags: Biological control, Pest management, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Basso, J.V., Labbe, R. and Scott-Dupree, C., Pest Management Science, 2023.
The pepper weevil (PW), Anthonomus eugenii, is an economically significant pest of cultivated Capsicum spp. pepper crops in North America where it remains a challenge to manage because of its cryptic immature life stages. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a genetic pest ...
Current Status of the Main Olive Pests: Useful Integrated Pest Management Strategies and Genetic Tools
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive, Genetic biocontrol, Genetic engineering, Sterile insect technique (SIT)E. Lantero, B. Matallanas and C. Callejas, Applied Sciences, 13. 2023.
Mediterranean olive cultivation faces challenges in the global environmental change context. Pests and diseases caused by arthropods such as Bactrocera oleae, Prays oleae, and certain vectors of Xylella fastidiosa are expected to increase and spread in part due to this global ...
Biotechnological Potential of Microorganisms for Mosquito Population Control and Reduction in Vector Competence
Tags: Biological control, Genetic biocontrol, Mosquitoes, Other Symbionts, Population modification/replacementR. D. Katak, A. M. Cintra, B. C. Burini, O. Marinotti, J. A. Souza-Neto and E. M. Rocha, Insects, 14. 2023.
Mosquitoes transmit pathogens that cause human diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika fever, and filariasis. Biotechnological approaches using microorganisms have a significant potential to control mosquito populations and reduce their vector ...
Effect of the Sterile Insect Technique and Augmentative Parasitoid Releases in a Fruit Fly Suppression Program in Mango-Producing Areas of Southeast Mexico
Tags: Biological control, Fruit fly, Sterile insect technique (SIT)J. Cancino, P. Montoya, F. O. Gálvez, C. Gálvez and P. Liedo, Insects, 14. 2023.
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), by means of sterile male releases of Anastrepha ludens (Loew), coupled with Augmentative Biological Control (ABC), by releasing the parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead), was evaluated in a commercial mango production area for one ...
A rapidly spreading deleterious aphid endosymbiont that uses horizontal as well as vertical transmission
Tags: Biological control, Genetic biocontrol, Other SymbiontsX. Gu, P. A. Ross, A. Gill, Q. Yang, E. Ansermin, S. Sharma, S. Soleimannejad, K. Sharma, A. Callahan, C. Brown, P. A. Umina, T. N. Kristensen and A. A. Hoffmann, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120:e2217278120. 2023.
Endosymbiotic bacteria that live inside the cells of insects are typically only transmitted maternally and can spread by increasing host fitness and/or modifying reproduction in sexual hosts. Transinfections of Wolbachia endosymbionts are now being used to introduce useful ...
The Role of Symbiont-Targeted Strategies in the Management of Pentatomidae and Tephritidae Pests under an Integrated Vision
Tags: Biological control, Incompatible insect technique, Pest management, Sterile insect technique (SIT)E. Gonella and A. Alma, Agronomy, 13. 2023.
The interaction between insects and gut bacterial symbionts is, nowadays, regarded as an important element in the implementation of pest management, in consideration of the urgent need for sustainable alternatives to insecticide use. In this framework, a major tool is symbiotic ...
The Effect of the Sterile Insect Technique on Vibrational Communication: The Case of Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Tags: Biological control, Sterile insect technique (SIT)C. Peccerillo, C. E. Mainardi, R. Nieri, J. M. Fouani, A. Cemmi, M. Cristofaro, G. Anfora and V. Mazzoni, Insects, 14. 2023.
The painted bug, Bagrada hilaris, is an agricultural pest in its original areas (Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East), and it has recently been recorded as an invasive species in southwestern part of the US, Chile, Mexico, and two islands in the Mediterranean basin. Its ...
Additive Effect of Releasing Sterile Insects Plus Biocontrol Agents against Fruit Fly Pests (Diptera: Tephritidae) under Confined Conditions
Tags: Biological control, Fruit fly, Sterile insect technique (SIT)P. Montoya, E. Flores-Sarmiento, P. López, A. Ayala and J. Cancino, Insects, 14. 2023.
Pest control models integrating the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and augmentative biological control (ABC) have postulated that it is possible to obtain a synergistic effect from the joint use of these technologies. This synergistic effect is attributed to the ...
Biological comparative study between Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquito and Wolbachia-uninfected strain, Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia
Tags: Aedes, Biological control, Genetic biocontrol, WolbachiaA. G. Algamdi, F. M. Shaher and J. A. Mahyoub, Saudi J Biol Sci, 30:103581. 2023.
In this study, samples of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were collected from Al-Safa district in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia. The presence of Wolbachia bacteria in mosquitoes was confirmed by PCR technique and they were reared and propagated in the laboratory. ...
Control of Aedes mosquito populations using recombinant microalgae expressing short hairpin RNAs and their effect on plankton
Tags: Aedes, Biological control, Gene editing, Genetic biocontrolX. Fei, S. Xiao, X. Huang, Z. Li, X. Li, C. He, Y. Li, X. Zhang and X. Deng, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17:e0011109. 2023.
New biocontrol strategies are urgently needed to combat vector-borne infectious diseases. This study presents a low-cost method to produce a potential mosquito insecticide that utilizes the microalgae released into suburban water sources to control mosquito populations. Chlorella ...
The suppressive potential of a gene drive in populations of invasive social wasps is currently limited
Tags: Aedes, Biodiversity/Conservation, Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, ModelingA. B. Meiborg, N. R. Faber, B. A. Taylor, B. A. Harpur and G. Gorjanc, bioRxiv, 2022.06.27.497711. 2022.
Social insects are very successful invasive species, and the continued increase of global trade and transportation has exacerbated this problem. The yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax (henceforth Asian hornet), is drastically expanding its range in Western Europe. ...
Rescue by gene swamping as a gene drive deployment strategy
Tags: Biological control, Containment, Evolution, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Modeling, Population genetics/dynamics, Population suppression, Resistance, Risk and safetyK. D. Harris and G. Greenbaum, bioRxiv, 2022.03.08.483503. 2022.
Gene drives are genetic constructs that can spread deleterious alleles with potential application to population suppression of harmful species. Given that a gene drive can potentially spill over to other populations or even other species, control measures and fail-safes ...
Area-wide management of fruit flies in a tropical mango growing area integrating the sterile insect technique and biological control: From a research to an operational programme
Tags: Biological control, Fruit fly, Pest management, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Liedo, P., Montoya, P. , and Toledo, J., AREA-WIDE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT: Development and Field Application, 2021.
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been successfully used for the control of fruit flies in a number of places in the world. One requirement for its successful application is that wild populations should be at low densities to achieve effective sterile to wild fly ...
The Possible Role of Microorganisms in Mosquito Mass Rearing
Tags: Biological control, Genetic biocontrol, Mosquito husbandry, Sterile insect technique (SIT)L. Chersoni, A. Checcucci, M. Malfacini, A. Puggioli, F. Balestrino, M. Carrieri, I. Piunti, M. L. Dindo, P. Mattarelli and R. Bellini, Insects, 12. 2021.
In Europe, one of the most significant mosquitoes of public health importance is Aedes albopictus (Skuse), an allochthonous species of Asian origin. One of the most promising control methods against Aedes albopictus is the sterile insect technique (SIT), which consists of mass ...
Cloning wildlife and editing their genes to protect them and us.
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrolH. Thomasy, NEO-LIFE, 2021.
In December 10, 2020, Elizabeth Ann made history just by being born. She isn’t a British royal, an American married to a British royal, a movie star’s daughter, or even human for that matter. Elizabeth Ann is a ferret—but perhaps the most famous ferret of all time. More ...
Evaluating unintended consequences of intentional species introductions and eradications for improved conservation management
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrolD. E. Pearson, T. J. Clark and P. G. Hahn, Conserv Biol, 2021.
We conducted a global literature review of these conservation actions to quantify how often unintended outcomes occur and to elucidate their underlying causes. We found that studies reported intended outcomes in 51% of cases, a combination of intended outcomes and unintended ...
A patent review on strategies for biological control of mosquito vector
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive, Gene editing, Genetic biocontrol, Genetically modified mosquitoes, Genetically modified organisms, Incompatible insect technique, Mosquitoes, Sterile insect technique (SIT)K. Parihar, M. Telang and A. Ovhal, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 36:23. 2020.
This paper presents a comprehensive technology overview of patent documents disclosing biological agents for mosquito control. The patent analysis revealed that comparable number of patent documents were filed in two technology categories: non-recombinant agents and genetically ...
Maintenance management and eradication of established aquatic invaders
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Biological control, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Gene editing, Invasive species, Population suppression, Sterile insect technique (SIT)D. Simberloff, Hydrobiologia, 22. 2020.
The rapid development of technologies based on genetics has engendered excitement about possibly eradicating or controlling terrestrial invaders, and such technologies may also prove useful for certain aquatic invaders. Methods of particular interest, alone or in various ...
The value of existing regulatory frameworks for the environmental risk assessment of agricultural pest control using gene drive
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Genetically modified organisms, Incompatible insect technique, Regulation, Risk assessment, Sterile insect technique (SIT)J. Romeis, J. Collatz, D. C. M. Glandorf and M. B. Bonsall, Environmental Science & Policy, 108:19-36. 2020.
The application of (synthetic) gene drives is a powerful tool to control populations of insects that are agricultural pests, vectors of diseases, or a threat to biodiversity potentially leading to the local or global eradication of a species. The potential use of gene drive ...
Simulating effects of fitness and dispersal on the use of Trojan sex chromosomes for the management of invasive species
Tags: Biological control, Fish, Genetic biocontrol, Modeling, Pest management, Sex distorter, Y-chromosomeC. C. Day, E. L. Landguth, R. K. Simmons, W. P. Baker, A. R. Whiteley, P. M. Lukacs and A. Bearlin, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020.
The use of Trojan Y chromosomes (TYC) for controlling invasive species involves manipulating the sex chromosomes of captive-raised individuals. Following release, the offspring of these individuals consist of only one sex, thereby skewing the sex ratio of the invasive population ...
Optimal control and analysis of a modified trojan Y-Chromosome strategy
Tags: Biological control, Fish, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Modeling, Population genetics/dynamics, Sex distorterM. A. Beauregard, R. D. Parshad, S. Boon, H. Conaway, T. Griffin and J. J. Lyu, Ecological Modelling, 416. 2020.
The Trojan Y Chromosome (TYC) strategy is a promising eradication method that attempts to manipulate the female to male ratio to promote the reduction of the population of an invasive species. The manipulation stems from an introduction of sex-reversed males, called supermales, ...
CRISPR gene drive efficiency and resistance rate is highly heritable with no common genetic loci of large effect
Tags: Biological control, CRISPR, Evolution, Fruit fly, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic engineering, Replicator/site directed nuclease, ResistanceChamper, JW, Z. X.; Luthra, A.; Reeves, R.; Chung, J.; Liu, C.; Lee, Y. L.; Liu, J. X.; Yang, E.; Messer, P. W.; Clark, A. G., Genetics, 212:333-341. 2019.
Gene drives could allow for control of vector-borne diseases by directly suppressing vector populations or spreading genetic payloads designed to reduce pathogen transmission. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) homing gene drives work by cleaving ...
Yes we can! Exciting progress and prospects for controlling invasives on islands and beyond
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Pest managementD. Simberloff, B. Keitt, D. Will, N. Holmes, E. Pickett and P. Genovesi, Western North American Naturalist, 78:942-958. 2018.
Eradication and maintenance management of island invasive species have long histories, and incremental improvements of existing technologies plus occasional novel approaches have led to more challenging targets and increased success rates in certain categories. Many nonnative ...
Invasion Success and Management Strategies for Social Vespula Wasps
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Oceania, Population genetics/dynamics, Sex distorterP. J. Lester and J. R. Beggs, Annual Review of Entomology, 64:51-71. 2018.
Three species of Vespula have become invasive in Australia, Hawai'i, New Zealand, and North and South America and continue to spread. Economically, their main negative effect is associated with pollination and the apicultural industry. Climate change is likely to exacerbate ...
Invertebrate Biosecurity Challenges in High-Productivity Grassland: The New Zealand Example
Tags: Biological control, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Invasive species, Pest managementS. L. Goldson, B. I. P. Barratt and K. F. Armstrong, Frontiers in Plant Science, 7. 2016.
This review explores the unique challenges faced by pasture biosecurity and what may be done to confront existing difficulties. While there is no silver bullet, and limited opportunity pre and at for improving pasture biosecurity, advancement may include increased and informed ...
Ecological and evolutionary applications for environmental sex reversal of fish
Tags: Biological control, Fish, Genetic biocontrol, Population suppression, Sex distorterA. McNair, P. M. Lokman, G. P. Closs and S. Nakagawa, Quarterly Review of Biology, 90:23-44. 2015.
Environmental sex reversal (ESR), which results in a mismatch between genotypic and phenotypic sex, is well documented in numerous fish species and may be induced by chemical exposure. Historically, research involving piscine ESR has been carried out with a view to improving ...
Genetic control of invasive fish: technological options and its role in integrated pest management
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Biological control, Fish, Gene drive mechanisms, Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol, Sex distorter, Sterile insect technique (SIT)Thresher, REH, K.; Bax, N. J.; Teem, J.; Benfey, T. J.; Gould, F., Biological Invasions, 16:1201-1216. 2014.
Genetic options for the control of invasive fishes were recently reviewed and synthesized at a 2010 international symposium, held in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA. The only option currently available "off-the-shelf'' is triploidy, which can be used to produce sterile males for a ...
Requirements for effective malaria control with homing endonuclease genes
Tags: Aedes, Anopheles, Biological control, Fruit fly, Other arthropods, Replicator/site directed nuclease, Vector controlDeredec, AG, H. C. J.; Burt, A., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108:e874-e880. 2011.
Malaria continues to impose a substantial burden on human health. We have previously proposed that biological approaches to control the mosquito vector of disease could be developed using homing endonuclease genes (HEGs), a class of selfish or parasitic gene that exists naturally ...
Guidelines for the export, shipment, import and release of biological control agents and other beneficial organisms
Tags: Biological control, Policy, Regulation, Risk assessmentInternational Plant Protection Convention, Food and Agriculture Organization, 2005.
This standard provides guidelines for risk management related to the export, shipment, import and release of biological control agents and other beneficial organisms. It lists the related responsibilities of contracting parties to the IPPC, national plant protection organizations ...
