• Biology and control of the khapra beetle, trogoderma granarium, a major quarantine threat to global food security 

      Athanassiou C.G., Phillips T.W., Wakil W. (2019)
      The khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium, is a voracious feeder of stored products and is considered one of the most important quarantine pests globally. Its ability to survive for long periods under extreme conditions ...
    • Life table invasion models: spatial progression and species-specific partitioning 

      Zhao Z., Hui C., Plant R.E., Su M., Carpenter T., Papadopoulos N., Li Z., Carey J.R. (2019)
      Biological invasions are increasingly being considered important spatial processes that drive global changes, threatening biodiversity, regional economies, and ecosystem functions. A unifying conceptual model of the invasion ...
    • Old residents and new arrivals of Rhagoletis species in Europe 

      Augustinos A.A., Moraiti C.A., Drosopoulou E., Kounatidis I., Mavragani-Tsipidou P., Bourtzis K., Papadopoulos N.T. (2019)
      The genus Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae) comprises more than 65 species distributed throughout Europe, Asia and America, including many species of high economic importance. Currently, there are three Rhagoletis species ...
    • The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species 

      Papanicolaou A., Schetelig M.F., Arensburger P., Atkinson P.W., Benoit J.B., Bourtzis K., Castañera P., Cavanaugh J.P., Chao H., Childers C., Curril I., Dinh H., Doddapaneni H.V., Dolan A., Dugan S., Friedrich M., Gasperi G., Geib S., Georgakilas G., Gibbs R.A., Giers S.D., Gomulski L.M., González-Guzmán M., Guillem-Amat A., Han Y., Hatzigeorgiou A.G., Hernández-Crespo P., Hughes D.S.T., Jones J.W., Karagkouni D., Koskinioti P., Lee S.L., Malacrida A.R., Manni M., Mathiopoulos K., Meccariello A., Murali S.C., Murphy T.D., Muzny D.M., Oberhofer G., Ortego F., Paraskevopoulou M.D., Poelchau M., Qu J., Reczko M., Robertson H.M., Rosendale A.J., Rosselot A.E., Saccone G., Salvemini M., Savini G., Schreiner P., Scolari F., Siciliano P., Sim S.B., Tsiamis G., Ureña E., Vlachos I.S., Werren J.H., Wimmer E.A., Worley K.C., Zacharopoulou A., Richards S., Handler A.M. (2016)
      Background: The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a major destructive insect pest due to its broad host range, which includes hundreds of fruits and vegetables. It exhibits a unique ability to invade ...