The genome of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae: localization of molecular markers by in situ hybridization to the salivary gland polytene chromosomes

Genome ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 744-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Zambetaki ◽  
Antigone Zacharopoulou ◽  
Zacharias G Scouras ◽  
Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou

Nine specific DNA probes (genomic or cDNA) from Ceratitis capitata have been mapped by in situ hybridization to the salivary gland polytene chromosomes of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae, a major agricultural pest, thus establishing molecular markers for the 5 autosomal chromosomes. Taking into account the present results, as well as previous data obtained mainly by in situ hybridizations, chromosomal homologies among B. oleae, C. capitata and B. tryoni are established. Data show extensive linkage group conservation among the 3 taxa of the economically important and globally distributed family, the Tephritidae.Key words: Bactrocera oleae, Tephritidae, salivary gland, polytene chromosomes, in situ hybridization, mapping.

Genome ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 744-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Zambetaki ◽  
Antigone Zacharopoulou ◽  
Zacharias G. Scouras ◽  
Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou

Genome ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Drosopoulou ◽  
Ifigeneia Nakou ◽  
Penelope Mavragani-Tsipidou

Four homologous and five heterologous gene-specific sequences have been mapped by in situ hybridization on the salivary gland polytene chromosomes of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae. The nine genes were dispersed on four of the five autosomal chromosomes, thus enriching the available set of chromosome landmarks for this major agricultural pest. Present data further supports the proposed chromosome homologies among B. oleae, Ceratitis capitata, and Drosophila melanogaster and the idea of the conservation of chromosomal element identity throughout dipteran evolution.


Chromosoma ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 101 (7) ◽  
pp. 448-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Zacharopoulou ◽  
M. Frisardi ◽  
C. Savakis ◽  
A. S. Robinson ◽  
P. Tolias ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Kiki Varikou ◽  
Antonis Nikolakakis ◽  
Dimitris Bitsakis ◽  
Zacharias Skarakis ◽  
Nikos Garantonakis ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatjana Perovic ◽  
Snjezana Hrncic

Olive fruit fly is the most harmful pest of olive fruits and important for oil production. Damage involves yield reduction as a consequence of premature fruit drop, but also a reduced quality of olive oil and olive products. There is little available data regarding the biology of Bactrocera oleae in Montenegro. Knowledge of the pest life cycle and development would improve optimization of insecticide application timing and protection of fruits, and reduce adverse effects on the environment. Investigation was conducted on the Zutica variety in an olive grove located in Bar during a three-year period. Population dynamics of the pre-imaginal stages and level of fruit infestation were monitored from mid-July until the end of October. The results of this three-year investigation showed that the beginning of infestation was always at the end of July. It was also found that, depending on environmental conditions, the level of infestation was low until the end of August. In September and October it multiplied, and reached maximum by the end of October. Regarding infestation structure, eggs and first instar larvae were the dominant developmental stages of the pest until the middle of September. From mid-September until mid-October all developmental stages (eggs, larvae, pupae) were equally present in infested fruits. Pupae, cocoons and abandoned galleries prevailed until the harvest.


EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2002 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard V. Weems ◽  
James L. Nation

This document is EENY-113 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 44), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: September 1999. Revised: June 2003.


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