COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards
The peach fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera zonata</i> (Tephritidae), is economically relevant as a highly polyphagous pest infesting over 50 host plants including commercial fruit and horticultural crops. As an invasive species, <i>B. zonata</i> was firmly established in Egypt and ho...
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| author | Mona Awad Haifa Ben Gharsa Omnia Abdullah ElKraly Andreas Leclerque Sherif M. Elnagdy |
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| description | The peach fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera zonata</i> (Tephritidae), is economically relevant as a highly polyphagous pest infesting over 50 host plants including commercial fruit and horticultural crops. As an invasive species, <i>B. zonata</i> was firmly established in Egypt and holds potential to spread further across the Mediterranean basin. The present study demonstrated that the peach fruit fly was found multiplying in olive orchards at two distant locations in Egypt. This is the first report of <i>B. zonata</i> developing in olives. COI barcoding has revealed evidence for high diversity across these peach fruit fly populations. These data are consistent with multiple rather than a single event leading to both peach fruit fly invasion to Egypt and its adaptation to olive. Comparative microbiomics data for <i>B. zonata</i> developing on different host plants were indicative for microbiome dynamics being involved in the adaptation to olive as a new niche with a potential adaptive role for <i>Erwinia</i> or <i>Providencia</i> bacteria. The possibility of symbiont transfer from the olive fruit fly to the peach fruit fly is discussed. Potentially host switch relevant bacterial symbionts might be preferred targets of symbiosis disruption strategies for integrated pest management or biological control of <i>B. zonata</i>. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e70688c88e3e43349a4a738bcfd00c5e2023-11-30T21:16:18ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372022-12-011212710.3390/biology12010027COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive OrchardsMona Awad0Haifa Ben Gharsa1Omnia Abdullah ElKraly2Andreas Leclerque3Sherif M. Elnagdy4Department of Economic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, EgyptDepartment of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, GermanyBioinsecticides Production Unit, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Giza 13611, EgyptDepartment of Biology, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64287 Darmstadt, GermanyDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, EgyptThe peach fruit fly, <i>Bactrocera zonata</i> (Tephritidae), is economically relevant as a highly polyphagous pest infesting over 50 host plants including commercial fruit and horticultural crops. As an invasive species, <i>B. zonata</i> was firmly established in Egypt and holds potential to spread further across the Mediterranean basin. The present study demonstrated that the peach fruit fly was found multiplying in olive orchards at two distant locations in Egypt. This is the first report of <i>B. zonata</i> developing in olives. COI barcoding has revealed evidence for high diversity across these peach fruit fly populations. These data are consistent with multiple rather than a single event leading to both peach fruit fly invasion to Egypt and its adaptation to olive. Comparative microbiomics data for <i>B. zonata</i> developing on different host plants were indicative for microbiome dynamics being involved in the adaptation to olive as a new niche with a potential adaptive role for <i>Erwinia</i> or <i>Providencia</i> bacteria. The possibility of symbiont transfer from the olive fruit fly to the peach fruit fly is discussed. Potentially host switch relevant bacterial symbionts might be preferred targets of symbiosis disruption strategies for integrated pest management or biological control of <i>B. zonata</i>.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/1/27<i>Bactrocera zonata</i>olive pestinvasive pestmultilocus sequence analysis (MLSA)symbiont transfer<i>Erwinia</i> |
| spellingShingle | Mona Awad Haifa Ben Gharsa Omnia Abdullah ElKraly Andreas Leclerque Sherif M. Elnagdy COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards Biology <i>Bactrocera zonata</i> olive pest invasive pest multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) symbiont transfer <i>Erwinia</i> |
| title | COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards |
| title_full | COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards |
| title_fullStr | COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards |
| title_full_unstemmed | COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards |
| title_short | COI Haplotyping and Comparative Microbiomics of the Peach Fruit Fly, an Emerging Pest of Egyptian Olive Orchards |
| title_sort | coi haplotyping and comparative microbiomics of the peach fruit fly an emerging pest of egyptian olive orchards |
| topic | <i>Bactrocera zonata</i> olive pest invasive pest multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) symbiont transfer <i>Erwinia</i> |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/12/1/27 |
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