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Olive fly transcriptomics analysis implicates energy metabolism genes in spinosad resistance.
BMC genomics - 25 Aug 2014
Sagri Efthimia, Reczko Martin, Gregoriou Maria-Eleni, Tsoumani Konstantina T, Zygouridis Nikolaos E, Salpea Klelia D, Zalom Frank G, Ragoussis Jiannis, Mathiopoulos Kostas D
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BACKGROUND: The olive fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the most devastating pest of cultivated olives. Its control has been traditionally based on insecticides, mainly organophosphates and pyrethroids. In recent years, the naturalyte spinosad is used against the olive fly. As with other insecticides, spinosad is subject to selection pressures that have led to resistance development. Mutations in the α6 subunit of the...
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