Rapid elimination of invasive insect agricultural pest outbreaks by tackling them with Sterile Insect Technique programs

Project Information

REACT

Grant agreement ID: 101059523

DOI

10.3030/101059523

EC signature date 3 June 2022

Start date 1 November 2022

End date 31 October 2026

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost

€ 6 653 075,00

EU contribution

€ 6 653 072,00

Coordinated by

JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITAET GIESSEN
Germany

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Deliverables

Data Management Plan (2)

D7.3_Data management plan (DMP) developed (* = periodic updates in m18, m36)

Data management plan (DMP) developed (due date month 6, with periodic updates in m18, m36)

D7.3_Data management plan (DMP) developed, periodic update 1

D7.3_Data management plan (DMP) developed, periodic updates in m18

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

D7.1_Project website developed and setup

Project website developed and setup

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (16)

CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated mutagenesis of the <i>white‐eye</i> gene in the tephritid pest <i>Bactrocera zonata</i>

Author(s): Albert Nazarov, Tamir Partosh, Flavia Krsticevic, Dimitris Rallis, Yael Arien, Guy Ostrovsky, Reut Madar Kramer, Eyal Halon, Alfred M. Handler, Simon W. Baxter, Yoav Gazit, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Gur
Published in: Insect Science, 2025, ISSN 1672-9609
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70150

Biology, ecology and invasiveness of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: a review

Author(s): Giunti, Giulia; Benelli, Giovanni; Campolo, Orlando; Canale, Angelo; Kapranas, Apostolos; Liedo, Pablo; De Meyer, Marc; Nestel, David; Ruiu, Luca; Scolari, Francesca; Wang, Xingeng; Papadopoulos, Nikos T.
Published in: Entomologia Generalis, Issue 43, 2023, ISSN 0171-8177
Publisher: Schweizerbart Science Publishers
DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/2135

Pathogen-Mediated Alterations of Insect Chemical Communication: From Pheromones to Behavior

Author(s): Andrea Moyano, Anna Cleta Croce, Francesca Scolari
Published in: Pathogens, Issue 12, 2023, ISSN 2076-0817
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12111350

Detection of sex chromosomes in Tephritid pests using R-CQ and KAMY, two computational methods to support generic pest management applications

Author(s): Dimitris Rallis, Konstantina T. Tsoumani, Flavia Krsticevic, Philippos Aris Papathanos, Georgia Gouvi, Angela Meccariello, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Alexie Papanicolaou
Published in: Insect Science, 2025, ISSN 1672-9609
Publisher: Wiley, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70194

Entomologia Generalis

Author(s): Peng, Peng-Shuai; Häcker, Irina; Gao, Jing-Han; Rehling, Tanja; Petermann, Sarah; Wang, Jin-Jun; Schetelig, Marc F.; Jiang, Hong-Bo; Yan, Ying
Published in: Entomologia Generalis, 2025, ISSN 0171-8177
Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
DOI: 10.1127/ENTOMOLOGIA/3635

Genetic engineering for SIT application: a fruit fly‐focused review

Author(s): Serafima Davydova, Danheng Yu, Angela Meccariello
Published in: Insect Science, 2025, ISSN 1672-9609
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70038

The fallacy of the integrated pest management paradigm and the need for its OFF seasonal shift in the management of tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): The case of Ceratitis capitata

Author(s): Slawomir A. Lux, Andrea Sciarretta, Nikos T. Papadopoulos
Published in: Current Research in Insect Science, Issue 8, 2025, ISSN 2666-5158
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CRIS.2025.100116

Management of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: past, present, and future

Author(s): Giunti, Giulia; Benelli, Giovanni; Campolo, Orlando; Canale, Angelo; Kapranas, Apostolos; Liedo, Pablo; De Meyer, Marc; Nestel, David; Ruiu, Luca; Scolari, Francesca; Wang, Xingeng; Papadopoulos, Nikos T.
Published in: Entomologia Generalis, Issue 43, 2023, ISSN 0171-8177
Publisher: Schweizerbart Science Publishers
DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/2136

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Author(s): Irina Häcker; Tanja Rehling; Henrik Schlosser; Daniela Mayorga-Ch; Mara Heilig; Ying Yan; Peter A. Armbruster; Marc F. Schetelig
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 13;24(20):15155, 2023, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/IJMS242015155

CRISPR/Cas9-based white pupae mutant lines in Bactrocera spp. for sterile insect technique applications

Author(s): Chrysanthi Ioannidou, Maria-Eleni Gregoriou, Marc F. Schetelig, Elena Drosopoulou, Kostas D. Mathiopoulos, Kostas Bourtzis
Published in: Insect Science, 2025, ISSN 1672-9609
Publisher: Wiley, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70190

BMC Biology

Author(s): Serafima Davydova; Junru Liu; Yiran Liu; Kavya Prince; Jonathan Mann; Nikolay P. Kandul; W. Evan Braswell; Jackson Champer; Omar S. Akbari; Angela Meccariello
Published in: BMC Biology, 2024, ISSN 1741-7007
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1186/S12915-025-02201-2

Functional validation of a <i>white pupae</i> minimal gene construct in <i>Ceratitis capitata</i> (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Author(s): Prates, Lucas; Aumann, Roswitha A.; Sievers, Inga; Rehling, Tanja; Schetelig, Prof. Dr. Marc F.
Published in: Insect Science, 2025, ISSN 1744-7917
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70058

Insect Science

Author(s): Petrucci, Giovanni; Gregoriou, Maria-Eleni; Schetelig, Prof. Dr. Marc F.; Papathanos, Philippos Aris; Tu, Zhijian; Bourtzis, Kostas
Published in: Insect Science, 2025, ISSN 1672-9609
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70192

Decoding and engineering temperature-sensitive lethality in <i>Ceratitis capitata</i> for pest control

Author(s): Roswitha A. Aumann; Georgia Gouvi; Maria-Eleni Gregoriou; Tanja Rehling; Germano Sollazzo; Kostas Bourtzis; Marc F. Schetelig
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025, ISSN 1091-6490
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.2503604122

Adaptation of the PESTonFARM Model to Support Decision-Making and Planning of Local Implementation of the Sterile Insect Technique in the Control of Ceratitis capitata Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Author(s): Slawomir Antoni Lux; Marco Colacci
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 15(12), 2025, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/APP15126694

Improved piggyBac Transformation with Capped Transposase mRNA in Pest Insects

Author(s): Häcker, I.; Rehling, T.; Schlosser, H.; Mayorga-Ch, D.; Heilig, M.; Yan, Y.; Armbruster, P.A.; Schetelig, M.F.
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 24, 2023, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015155