Effects of Wolbachia on fitness of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 554-563

  Sarakatsanou, A ^a   Diamantidis, A D ^a,b   Papanastasiou, S A ^a   Bourtzis, K ^c   Papadopoulos, N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Demography; Fitness cost; Incompatible insect technique; Life tables; Wolbachia pipientis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; FLY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIFE TABLE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTHROPODA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

EID: 79960117492     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01610.x     Document Type: Article

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