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Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection
Dissertation (MSc (Entomology))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/90362 Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection Weldon, Christopher W. u14113504@tuks.co.za Bastos, Armanda D.S. Seabi, Onkgopotse UCTD Tephritidae Wolbachia Fruit fly Cytoplasmic incompatibility South Africa Dissertation (MSc (Entomology))--University of Pretoria, 2022. Food security, as far as horticultural production is concerned, requires research into pest control methods at all stages of production. Tephritid fruit flies are among the most serious agricultural pests worldwide, owing to damage caused to vegetables and fruit through female oviposition, and larval development in the fruit, stems and seeds of the host plant. As a result of the large cost of pest management programmes, research into efficient and environmentally benign pest control strategies are always required. One such pest management strategy is the implementation of the Wolbachia-mediated incompatible insect technique (IIT). This relies on the genetic manipulation commonly referred to as cytoplasmic incompatibility. In order to do this an understanding of the host in needed and the confirmation of a positive infection. We collected a totel of 2198 fruit flies from our highveld and lowveld sampling sites. These fruit flies were identified as belonging to nine species which clear separation as some species are only found in one of the sampling locations. We screened 616 fruit flies from the Mooinooi sampling location for the presence of Wolbachia, there was a positive detection in one male Ceratitis cosyra fruit fly. FBIP Small Grant NRF Grantholder-linked Bursary Citrus Academy Zoology and Entomology MSc (Entomology) Unrestricted 2023-04-05T08:18:02Z 2023-04-05T08:18:02Z 2023-09 2022 Dissertation * S2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90362 10.25403/UPresearchdata.22495408 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Tephritidae Wolbachia Fruit fly Cytoplasmic incompatibility South Africa Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection |
| title | Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection |
| title_full | Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection |
| title_fullStr | Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection |
| title_short | Diversity of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from the South African highveld and lowveld : a preliminary assessment of Wolbachia infection |
| title_sort | diversity of fruit flies diptera tephritidae from the south african highveld and lowveld a preliminary assessment of wolbachia infection |
| topic | UCTD Tephritidae Wolbachia Fruit fly Cytoplasmic incompatibility South Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90362 |