Historical samples reveal a combined role of agriculture and public‐health applications in vector resistance to insecticides

Authors: Porretta, Daniele, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Lucchesi, Valentina, Bellini, Romeo, Vontas, John, Urbanelli, Sandra

Source: Pest management science. 78(4):1567-1572

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De novo transcriptome assembly of the Mediterranean sea-rock pool mosquitoes Aedes mariae and Aedes zammitii.

Authors: Mastrantonio, Valentina, Porretta, Daniele, Liberati, Franco, Bisconti, Roberta, Castrignanò, Tiziana, Canestrelli, Daniele

Source: Scientific Data; 1/20/2025, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p1-13, 13p

Subject Terms: LIFE sciences, AEDES, MOSQUITOES, TRANSCRIPTOMES, GENETICS

Applying Satyrization to Insect Pest Control: The Case of the Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura.

Authors: Cerasti, Flavia¹ (AUTHOR) flavia.cerasti@uniroma1.it, Mastrantonio, Valentina¹ (AUTHOR) daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it, Dallai, Romano² (AUTHOR) romano.dallai@unisi.it, Cristofaro, Massimo³ (AUTHOR) m.cristofaro55@gmail.com, Porretta, Daniele¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Insects (2075-4450). Jun2023, Vol. 14 Issue 6, p569. 9p.

Subject Terms: *DROSOPHILA suzukii, *INSECT pest control, *AGRICULTURAL pests, *PEST control, *ENVIRONMENTAL degradation, REPRODUCTIVE isolation

Barcoding of Italian mosquitoes (BITMO): generation and validation of DNA barcoding reference libraries for native and alien species of Culicidae.

Authors: Bisaglia, Beatrice, Castelli, Michele, Soresinetti, Laura, Negri, Agata, Arnoldi, Irene, Montarsi, Fabrizio, Gobbo, Federica, Defilippo, Francesco, Callegari, Emanuele, Di Luca, Marco, Calzolari, Mattia, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Porretta, Daniele, Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Sassera, Davide, Gabrieli, Paolo, Bandi, Claudio, Epis, Sara

Source: Parasites & Vectors; 9/28/2024, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p

Subject Terms: DNA data banks, MITOCHONDRIAL RNA, RIBOSOMAL RNA, NUMBERS of species, GENE amplification

Paternal leakage and mtDNA heteroplasmy in Rhipicephalus spp. ticks

Authors: Mastrantonio, Valentina, Latrofa, Maria, Porretta, Daniele, Lia, Riccardo, Parisi, Antonio, Iatta, Roberta, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Otranto, Domenico, Urbanelli, Sandra

Source: Scientific reports. 9(1):1-8

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Gene silencing through RNAi and antisense Vivo-Morpholino increases the efficacy of pyrethroids on larvae of Anopheles stephensi

Authors: Negri, Agata, Ferrari, Marco, Nodari, Riccardo, Coppa, Edoardo, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Zanzani, Sergio, Porretta, Daniele, Bandi, Claudio, Urbanelli, Sandra, Epis, Sara

Source: Malaria journal. 18(1):1-12

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Gene expression modulation of ABC transporter genes in response to permethrin in adults of the mosquito malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Authors: Mastrantonio, Valentina, Ferrari, Marco, Epis, Sara, Negri, Agata, Scuccimarra, Giulia, Montagna, Matteo, Favia, Guido, Porretta, Daniele, Urbanelli, Sandra, Bandi, Claudio

Source: In Acta Tropica July 2017 171:37-43

Integrated de novo transcriptome of Culex pipiens mosquito larvae as a resource for genetic control strategies.

Authors: Mastrantonio, Valentina, Libro, Pietro, Di Martino, Jessica, Matera, Michele, Bellini, Romeo, Castrignanò, Tiziana, Urbanelli, Sandra, Porretta, Daniele

Source: Scientific Data; 5/9/2024, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: CULEX pipiens, GERMPLASM, TRANSCRIPTOMES, GENE families, LARVAE, AEDES aegypti, MOSQUITOES

Transcriptome of larvae representing the Rhipicephalus sanguineus complex

Authors: De Marco, Leone, Epis, Sara, Comandatore, Francesco, Porretta, Daniele, Cafarchia, Claudia, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Otranto, Domenico, Urbanelli, Sandra, Bandi, Claudio, Sassera, Davide

Source: In Molecular and Cellular Probes February 2017 31:85-90

Identification and detection of a novel point mutation in the Chitin Synthase gene of Culex pipiens associated with diflubenzuron resistance.

Authors: Fotakis, Emmanouil A.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Mastrantonio, Valentina³ (AUTHOR), Grigoraki, Linda⁴ (AUTHOR), Porretta, Daniele³ (AUTHOR), Puggioli, Arianna⁵ (AUTHOR), Chaskopoulou, Alexandra⁶ (AUTHOR), Osório, Hugo⁷ (AUTHOR), Weill, Mylène⁸ (AUTHOR), Bellini, Romeo⁵ (AUTHOR), Urbanelli, Sandra³ (AUTHOR) sandra.urbanelli@uniroma1.it, Vontas, John^1,2 (AUTHOR) sandra.urbanelli@uniroma1.it

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 5/1/2020, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p1-10. 10p.

Subject Terms: *CHITIN synthase, *CULEX pipiens, *MOSQUITO vectors, *WEST Nile virus, *AGRICULTURAL pests, *INSECTICIDE resistance

Geographic Terms: GREECE, PORTUGAL, ITALY

HYBRIDIZATION, NATURAL SELECTION, AND EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION: A 25-YEARS SURVEY OF AN ARTIFICIAL SYMPATRIC AREA BETWEEN TWO MOSQUITO SIBLING SPECIES OF THE Aedes mariae COMPLEX

Authors: Urbanelli, Sandra, Porretta, Daniele, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Bellini, Romeo, Pieraccini, Giuseppe, Romoli, Riccardo, Crasta, Graziano, Nascetti, Giuseppe

Source: Evolution, 2014 Oct 01. 68(10), 3030-3038.

Access URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.12490

MosChito rafts as a promising biocontrol tool against larvae of the common house mosquito, Culex pipiens.

Authors: Negri, Agata, Pezzali, Giulia, Pitton, Simone, Piazzoni, Marco, Gabrieli, Paolo, Lazzaro, Federico, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Porretta, Daniele, Lenardi, Cristina, Caccia, Silvia, Bandi, Claudio, Epis, Sara

Source: PLoS ONE; 12/14/2023, Vol. 18 Issue 12, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: CULEX pipiens, LARVAE, AEDES aegypti, MOSQUITO control, INSECT societies, BACILLUS thuringiensis

Geographic Terms: NORTHERN Italy

Ancient hybridization and mtDNA introgression behind current paternal leakage and heteroplasmy in hybrid zones.

Authors: Mastrantonio, Valentina¹, Urbanelli, Sandra¹, Porretta, Daniele¹ daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it

Source: Scientific Reports. 12/16/2019, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *MITOCHONDRIAL DNA, *SPECIES hybridization, *INTROGRESSION (Genetics), *PHYLOGENY, *POLYMERASE chain reaction

MosChito rafts as effective and eco-friendly tool for the delivery of a Bacillus thuringiensis-based insecticide to Aedes albopictus larvae.

Authors: Pitton, Simone, Negri, Agata, Pezzali, Giulia, Piazzoni, Marco, Locarno, Silvia, Gabrieli, Paolo, Quadri, Roberto, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Urbanelli, Sandra, Porretta, Daniele, Bandi, Claudio, Epis, Sara, Caccia, Silvia

Source: Scientific Reports; 2/21/2023, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: AEDES albopictus, BACILLUS (Bacteria), INSECTICIDES, ARTIFICIAL habitats, LARVAE, MOSQUITO control

Cannibalism in temporary waters: Simulations and laboratory experiments revealed the role of spatial shape in the mosquito Aedes albopictus.

Authors: Mastrantonio, Valentina¹, Crasta, Graziano², Puggioli, Arianna³, Bellini, Romeo³, Urbanelli, Sandra¹, Porretta, Daniele¹ daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it

Source: PLoS ONE. 5/29/2018, Vol. 13 Issue 5, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *ARTHROPODA, *MOSQUITOES, *PREDATORY animals, *HABITATS, *AEDES albopictus

Cuticle Modifications and Over-Expression of the Chitin-Synthase Gene in Diflubenzuron-Resistant Phenotype.

Authors: Lucchesi, Valentina, Grimaldi, Lorenzo, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Porretta, Daniele, Di Bella, Letizia, Ruspandini, Tania, Di Salvo, Martino Luigi, Vontas, John, Bellini, Romeo, Negri, Agata, Epis, Sara, Caccia, Silvia, Bandi, Claudio, Urbanelli, Sandra

Source: Insects (2075-4450); Dec2022, Vol. 13 Issue 12, p1109, 11p

Subject Terms: INSECT pests, INSECTICIDE resistance, CUTICLE, CULEX pipiens, PHENOTYPES, INSECT pest control

Geographic Terms: EUROPE

Intra-instar larval cannibalism in Anopheles gambiae (s.s.) and Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae).

Authors: Porretta, Daniele¹ daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it, Mastrantonio, Valentina¹, Crasta, Graziano², Bellini, Romeo³, Comandatore, Francesco^4,5, Rossi, Paolo⁶, Favia, Guido⁶, Bandi, Claudio⁴, Urbanelli, Sandra¹

Source: Parasites & Vectors. 11/2/2016, Vol. 9, p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *CANNIBALISM in animals, *ANOPHELES gambiae, *ANOPHELES stephensi, *LARVAL behavior, *PREDATION, *MALARIA

Effects of global changes on the climatic niche of the tick Ixodes ricinus inferred by species distribution modelling.

Authors: Porretta, Daniele¹, Mastrantonio, Valentina¹, Amendolia, Sara¹, Gaiarsa, Stefano¹, Epis, Sara^2,3, Genchi, Claudio², Bandi, Claudio², Otranto, Domenico⁴, Urbanelli, Sandra¹ sandra.urbanelli@uniroma1.it

Source: Parasites & Vectors. 2013, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *CASTOR bean tick, *CLIMATE change, *ANAPLASMOSIS, *BIOCLIMATOLOGY, *MAXIMUM entropy method

How heterogeneous is the involvement of ABC transporters against insecticides?

Authors: Porretta, Daniele, Epis, Sara, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Ferrari, Marco, Bellini, Romeo, Favia, Guido, Urbanelli, Sandra

Source: In Acta Tropica May 2016 157:131-135

Glacial History of a Modern Invader: Phylogeography and Species Distribution Modeling of the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus.

Authors: Porretta, Daniele¹ daniele.porretta@uniroma1.it, Mastrantonio, Valentina², Bellini, Romeo³, Somboon, Pradya⁴, Urbanelli, Sandra², Moreira, Luciano A.⁵

Source: PLoS ONE. Sep2012, Vol. 7 Issue 9, Special section p1-9. 9p.

Subject Terms: *MOSQUITOES, *PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, *AEDES albopictus, *INTRODUCED species, *MOSQUITO vectors, *ANIMAL species