Drosophila suzukii, a vinegar fly originated from Southeast Asia, has recently invaded
western countries, and it has been recognized as an important threat of a wide variety of …

Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is a devastating invasive pest of small and
stone fruits in the Americas and Europe. To better understand the population dynamics of D …

Summary Maternally transmitted Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Cardinium bacteria are
common in insects [1], but their interspecific spread is poorly understood. Endosymbionts …

Abstract Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) causes severe damage to
certain fruit crops in both North America and Europe. This may be due, in part, to the …

Drosophilid fruit flies have provided science with striking cases of behavioral adaptation and
genetic innovation. A recent example is the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii, which, unlike …

This review emphasizes the potential and use of microbes in sustainable insect pest
management. We first review the diverse insect traits shaped by insect-microbe associations …

The development of biological control methods for exotic invasive pest species has become
more challenging during the last decade. Compared to indigenous natural enemies, species …

Drosophila suzukii recently invaded North America and Europe. Populations in Hawaii,
California, New York and Nova Scotia are polymorphic for Wolbachia, typically with< 20 …

Maternally transmitted Wolbachia infect about half of insect species, yet the predominant
mode (s) of Wolbachia acquisition remains uncertain. Species-specific associations could …

Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria infect about half of all insect species. Many
Wolbachia cause cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI) and reduced egg hatch when uninfected …