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DNA screening of Drosophila suzukii predators in berry field orchards shows new predatory taxonomical groups

dc.contributor.authorSario, Sara
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Conceição
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Maria de Fátima
dc.contributor.authorTorres, L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-23T12:12:43Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2021-11-23T12:12:43Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractDrosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila, SWD) is a pandemic quarantine pest that attacks mostly red fruits. The high number of life cycles per year, its ability to rapidly invade and spread across new habitats, and highly polyphagous nature, makes this a particularly aggressive invasive species, for which efficient control methods are currently lacking. The use of native natural predators is particularly promising to anchor sustainable and efficient measures to control SWD. While several field studies have suggested the presence of potential predatory species in infested orchards, only a few confirmed the presence of SWD DNA in predators’ gut content. Here, we use a DNA-based approach to identify SWD predators among the arthropod diversity in South Europe, by examining the gut content of potential predator specimens collected in SWD-infested berry fields in North Portugal. These specimens were morphologically identified to the family/order, and their gut content was screened for the presence of SWD DNA using PCR. New SWD predatory taxonomical groups were identified, as Opiliones and Hemerobiidae, in addition to known SWD predators, such as Hemerobiidae, Chrysopidae, Miridae, Carabidae, Formicidae and Araneae. Additionally, the presence of a spider family, Uloboridae, in the orchards was recorded for the first time, posing this family as another SWD-candidate predator. This study sets important bases to further investigate the potential large-scale use of some of these confirmed predator taxa for SWD control in South Europe.en_EN
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, SFRH/BD/138186/2018, Dr. Sara Sario Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, UID/QUI/50006/2019, Dr. Conceição Santos Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, UIDB/04033/2020, Dr. Fátima Gonçalves, Dr. Laura Torres Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, UIDB/00690/2020, Dr. Fátima Gonçalves European Regional Development Fund, NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-047034, Dr. Conceição Santos.
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionen_EN
dc.identifier.citationSario, Sara; Santos, Conceição; Gonçalves, Fátima; Torres, Laura (2021). DNA screening of Drosophila suzukii predators in berry field orchards shows new predatory taxonomical groups. PLoS ONE. ISSN 1932-6203. 16:4, p. 1-16en_EN
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0249673en_EN
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/24368
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyesen_EN
dc.relationAssociated Laboratory for Green Chemistry - Clean Technologies and Processes
dc.relationCentre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences
dc.titleDNA screening of Drosophila suzukii predators in berry field orchards shows new predatory taxonomical groupsen_EN
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UID%2FQUI%2F50006%2F2019/PT
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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