
Keywords: suzukii
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CRISPR, an eco-friendly technology, may detect crop pestsW. Adam, list23, 2022.![]() Drosophila suzukii, an invading insect pest, is a threat to agricultural yields, especially to the production of fruits such as strawberries, cherries, plums, and grapes in western countries. Until now, control measures to stop the spread of D. suzukii have been inadequate. A ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Precision Guided Sterile Males Suppress Populations of an Invasive Crop PestN. P. Kandul, J. Liu, A. Buchman, I. C. Shriner, R. M. Corder, N. Warsinger-Pepe, T. Yang, A. K. Yadav, M. J. Scott, J. M. Marshall and O. S. Akbari, GEN Biotechnology, 1:372-385. 2022.![]() The Drosophila suzukii invasion of western countries has created an immense agricultural and economic threat to crop production. Despite many attempts to suppress its population, D. suzukii continues to destroy soft-flesh fruits. Precision guided sterile insect technique (pgSIT) ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Field Suppression of Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) (Drosophila suzukii Matsumura) Using the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)R. A. Homem, Z. Mateos-Fierro, R. Jones, D. Gilbert, A. R. McKemey, G. Slade and M. T. Fountain, Insects, 13. 2022.![]() Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila—SWD) is an economically important pest of soft and stone fruit worldwide. Control relies on broad-spectrum insecticides, which are neither fully effective nor environmentally sustainable. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Stakeholder engagement to inform the risk assessment and governance of gene drive technology to manage spotted-wing drosophilaA. E. Kokotovich, S. K. Barnhill-Dilling, J. E. Elsensohn, R. Li, J. A. Delborne and H. Burrack, Journal of Environmental Management, 307:114480. 2022.![]() Emerging biotechnologies, such as gene drive technology, are increasingly being proposed to manage a variety of pests and invasive species. As one method of genetic biocontrol, gene drive technology is currently being developed to manage the invasive agricultural pest ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Ecological vulnerability analysis for suppression of Drosophila suzukii by gene drivesC. R. Lalyer, L. Sigsgaard and B. Giese, Global Ecology and Conservation, 32:e01883. 2021.![]() Synthetic gene drives are transgenic constructs that aim to bias heredity and thereby influence the characteristics and fate of populations regarding abundance and evolution. Aside from irreversible effects in ecosystems that could be triggered by the release of a gene drive, ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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A transgenic female killing system for the genetic control of Drosophila suzukiiM. F. Schetelig, J. Schwirz and Y. Yan, Scientific Reports, 11:12938. 2021.![]() The spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) is an invasive pest of soft-skinned fruit crops. It is rapidly transmitted in Europe and North America, causing widespread agricultural losses. Genetic control strategies such as the sterile insect technique (SIT) have been ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Pest reduction with female killers and sterile malesL. Mertz, Good Fruit Grower, 2021.![]() New ways to fight spotted wing drosophila are in the works, thanks to new genetic engineering tools. These transgenic methods introduce new reproduction-hampering genes into male SWD, so that when they mate with females, the females either don’t have any young, or their female ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Genetically Encoded CRISPR components Yield Efficient Gene Editing in the Invasive Pest, Drosophila suzukiiN. P. Kandul, E. J. Belikoff, J. Liu, A. Buchman, F. Li, A. Yamamoto, T. Yang, I. Shriner, M. J. Scott and O. Akbari, bioRxiv, 2021.03.15.435483. 2021.![]() Here we have developed transgenic strains that encode three different terminators and four different promoters to express Cas9 in both the soma and/or germline of SWD. The Cas9 lines were evaluated through genetic crossing to transgenic lines that encode single guide RNAs ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |
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Mass-Rearing of Drosophila suzukii for Sterile Insect Technique Application: Evaluation of Two Oviposition SystemsF. Sassù, K. Nikolouli, S. Caravantes, G. Taret, R. Pereira, M. J. B. Vreysen, C. Stauffer and C. Cáceres, Insects, 10. 2019.![]() Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is an invasive pest of a wide range of commercial soft-skinned fruits. To date, most management tactics are based on spraying of conventional and/or organic insecticides, baited traps, and netting exclusion. Interest has been expressed ... Keywords: drosophila, genetic biocontrol, SIT, spotted wing drosophila, sterile insect technique, suzukii |

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