Australian endemic pest tephritids: genetic, molecular and microbial tools for improved Sterile Insect Technique.

ABSTRACT: Among Australian endemic tephritid fruit flies, the sibling species Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis have been serious horticultural pests since the introduction of horticulture in the nineteenth century. More recently, Bactrocera jarvisi has also been declared a pest in northern Australia. After several decades of genetic research there is now a range of classical and molecular genetic tools that can be used to develop improved Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) strains for control of these pests. Four-way crossing strategies have the potential to overcome the problem of inbreeding in mass-reared strains of B. tryoni. The ability to produce hybrids between B. tryoni and the other two species in the laboratory has proved useful for the development of genetically marked strains. Th

SUBMITTER: Raphael KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4255846 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature