Hélène Delatte's scientific contributions

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The oriental fruit fly ( Bactrocera dorsalis ) is one of the world's most invasive and polyphagous fruit pests. It causes severe damage throughout its range and can devastate the entire fruit harvest in unprotected orchards. In 2007, B. dorsalis was detected in Mayotte, where it now ranks ninth on the list of fruit fly species of economic importanc...
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While contemporary changes in feeding preferences have been documented in phytophagous insects, the mechanisms behind these processes remain to be fully clarified. In this context, the insect gut microbiome plays a central role in adaptation to novel host plants. The cucurbit frugivorous fruit fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Diptera, Tephritidae) has oc...

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... B. dorsalis is more abundant during harvesting stages (Canhanga et al., 2020). The peaks observed in April were due to the fruiting period of citrus (oranges and mandarins) inside or in the vicinity of the sites, which are secondary hosts of B. dorsalis (Nebie et al., 2021;Theron et al., 2023;Moquet et al., 2024). The period from May to September corresponded to the dry season causing a decrease in the B. dorsalis catches, although the species can move to a few wild hosts such as T. catappa. ...