Publications by authors named "Chiara Peccerillo"
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- - The stink bug, a pest that affects Brassicaceae crops, originated in Africa and Asia and is now an invasive species in parts of the USA and South America, with no current sustainable control methods available aside from pesticides.
- - Researchers are exploring the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) as a potential control strategy, focusing on how irradiated males compete for fertilization against wild males due to the species' polyandrous nature.
- - The study on sperm competition involved mating females with both non-irradiated and γ-irradiated males at different radiation doses, revealing that non-irradiated sperm were favored at lower doses, while irradiated sperm had an advantage at the highest dose, indicating a
The painted bug, , is an agricultural pest in its original areas (Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East), and it has recently been recorded as an invasive species in southwestern part of the US, Chile, Mexico, and two islands in the Mediterranean basin. Its polyphagous diet causes severe damage to economically important crops. The control of this pest is primarily achieved by means of synthetic pesticides, which are often expensive, ineffective, and harmful to the ecosystem.
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