"Ceratitis capitata" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of fruit fly originating in sub-Saharan Africa but widely distributed worldwide. One of the most destructive fruit pests, its larvae feed and develop on many different fruits and some vegetables.
| Descriptor ID |
D033622
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.850.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Ceratitis capitata- Ceratitis capitata
- Ceratitis capitatas
- capitatas, Ceratitis
- Fruit Fly, Mediterranean
- Medfly
- Medflies
- Mediterranean Fruit Fly
- Flies, Mediterranean Fruit
- Fly, Mediterranean Fruit
- Fruit Flies, Mediterranean
- Mediterranean Fruit Flies
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ceratitis capitata" by people in Profiles.
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Parubrub A, Reyes R, Smallridge CJ, Woods B, Haymer D. Mitochondrial Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) Can Distinguish Sterile, Released Flies from Wild Flies in Various Regions of the World. J Econ Entomol. 2015 Feb; 108(1):301-6.
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Cho IK, Chang CL, Li QX. Diet-induced over-expression of flightless-I protein and its relation to flightlessness in Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata. PLoS One. 2013; 8(12):e81099.
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Hsu JC, Chien TY, Hu CC, Chen MJ, Wu WJ, Feng HT, Haymer DS, Chen CY. Discovery of genes related to insecticide resistance in Bactrocera dorsalis by functional genomic analysis of a de novo assembled transcriptome. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e40950.
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Elf?kih S, Haymer DS. Molecular taxonomic identification of Dacus and Ceratitis species from Sub-Saharan Africa using mitochondrial haplotypes. J Econ Entomol. 2010 Oct; 103(5):1842-7.
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Huang CG, Hsu JC, Haymer DS, Lin GC, Wu WJ. Rapid identification of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. J Econ Entomol. 2009 Jun; 102(3):1239-46.
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Chang CL, Cho IK, Li QX. Insecticidal activity of basil oil, trans-anethole, estragole, and linalool to adult fruit flies of Ceratitis capitata, Bactrocera dorsalis, and Bactrocera cucurbitae. J Econ Entomol. 2009 Feb; 102(1):203-9.
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Cho IK, Chang CL, Li QX. Nicotinamide in relation to dietary nicotinic acid and nine other vitamins and larval development of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae). J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Sep 07; 53(18):7307-11.