Live Drosophila melanogaster Larvae Deter Oviposition by Drosophila suzukii.

ABSTRACT: The worldwide invasive insect pest, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted-wing Drosophila), lays eggs in soft and stone fruit before harvest. Hatched larvae cause fruit collapse and significant economic losses. Current control methods rely primarily on foliar insecticide applications, which are not sustainable long-term solutions due to regulatory restrictions and the risk of insecticide resistance developing. We showed before that D. suzukii were deterred from laying eggs on artificial media previously visited by its sister species-Drosophila melanogaster. In the current study, laboratory choice test experiments were conducted to identify which D. melanogaster life stage (eggs, larvae, or adult) deterred D. suzukii oviposition. We demonstrated tha

SUBMITTER: Tungadi TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408982 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature