A joint doctoral program to educate tomorrow’s insect pathologists: Solving disease problems in the upcoming insect rearing industry.

Información del proyecto

INSECT DOCTORS

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 859850

DOI

10.3030/859850

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 9 Agosto 2019

Fecha de inicio 1 Noviembre 2019

Fecha de finalización 31 Octubre 2024

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 4 201 844,76

Aportación de la UE

€ 4 201 844,76

Coordinado por

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

CORDIS proporciona enlaces a los documentos públicos y las publicaciones de los proyectos de los programas marco HORIZONTE.

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Resultado final

Documents, reports (5)

Report I on dissemination and communication activities

Report on dissemination and communication activities

Report III on dissemination and communication activities
Final report and plan for using knowledge and further dissemination to the various stakeholders
Recruitment started

Recruitment started vacancies published interview sessions planned

Report II on dissemination and communication activities

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website online

Website online with public and consortiumonly sections

Other (3)

Workshop: Insects for Food and Feed and the practical problems encountered
INSECT DOCTORS courses I-V given

Courses I-V given as indicated in the proposal.

Satellite symposium to European Conference of Entomology 2022

Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (31)

Transcriptional dynamics during Heliothis zea nudivirus 1 infection in an ovarian cell line from Helicoverpa zea

Autores: Jirka Manuel Petersen, Astrid Bryon, Annie Bézier, Jean-Michel Drezen, Monique M. van Oers
Publicado en: Journal of General Virology, Edición 106, 2025, Página(s) 002066, ISSN 0022-1317
Editor: Society for General Microbiology
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.002066

The immunostimulatory role of an Enterococcus-dominated gut microbiota in host protection against bacterial and fungal pathogens in Galleria mellonella larvae

Autores: Upfold, Jennifer Kate; Agnès Rejasse; Christina Nielsen-Leroux; Jensen, Annette Bruun; Vincent Sanchis-Borja
Publicado en: Frontiers in Insect Science, Edición 3, 2023, Página(s) 1260333, ISSN 2673-8600
Editor: Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/finsc.2023.1260333

Whole-genome sequence of <i>Enterobacter hormaechei</i> , isolate <i>jjbc</i> recovered from the gut of <i>Plutella xylostella</i> feeding on cabbage

Autores: Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Lea Schäfer, Jörg T. Wennmann, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Ben Raymond
Publicado en: Microbiology Resource Announcements, Edición 13, 2024, ISSN 2576-098X
Editor: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00330-24

Effect of CO2 Concentrations on Entomopathogen Fitness and Insect-Pathogen Interactions

Autores: Pascal Herren; Alison M. Dunn; Nicolai V. Meyling; Carlotta Savio; Helen Hesketh
Publicado en: Microbial Ecology, Edición Volume 87, art. 34, 2024, ISSN 1432-184X
Editor: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-024-02347-6

Environment–host–parasite interactions in mass-reared insects

Autores: Herren P, Hesketh H., Meyling NV, Dunn AM
Publicado en: Trends in Parasitology, Edición 39(7), 2023, 2023, Página(s) 588-602, ISSN 1471-4922
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.04.007

Preparing eugregarine parasites and their cricket host Acheta domesticus as a model for gregarine infection studies

Autores: Edouard Bessette, Bryony A.P. Williams, Nicolai V. Meyling
Publicado en: MethodsX, Edición 13, 2024, Página(s) 102888, ISSN 2215-0161
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102888

Advancing pathogen surveillance by nanopore sequencing and genotype characterization of Acheta domesticus densovirus in mass-reared house crickets

Autores: Fang Shiang Lim, Joel González-Cabrera, Jens Keilwagen, Regina G. Kleespies, Johannes A. Jehle & Jörg T. Wennmann
Publicado en: Scienitifc Reports, Edición Volume 14, 2024, Página(s) 8528, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58768-3

Thermal ecology shapes disease outcomes of entomopathogenic fungi infecting warm-adapted insects

Autores: Anna R. Slowik, Helen Hesketh, Steven M. Sait, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Publicado en: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Edición 204, 2024, Página(s) 108106, ISSN 0022-2011
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108106

Covert RNA viruses in medflies differ in their mode of transmission and tissue tropism

Autores: Hernández-Pelegrín L, Huditz H, García-Castillo P, de Ruijter NCA, van Oers MM, Herrero S, Ros VID.
Publicado en: J Virol, Edición 98, 2025, Página(s) e00108-24, ISSN 1098-5514
Editor: American Societu of Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00108-24

Low sex drive and choosy females: fungal infections are a reproductive downfall for male house flies

Autores: Sam Edwards, Eleanor Bath, Henrik H De Fine Licht
Publicado en: Behavioural Ecology, Edición Volume 35, 2024, Página(s) arae004, ISSN 1465-7279
Editor: Oxford UnNiversity Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arae004

Protists in the Insect Rearing Industry: Benign Passengers or Potential Risk?

Autores: Edouard Bessette; Bryony Williams
Publicado en: Insects, Edición 13(5), 482, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects13050482

Determining multiple stressor interactions in mass-reared insects based on principles of ecotoxicology

Autores: E. Dearlove, C.A.M. Van Gestel, S. Loureiro, C. Svendsen, M. Lloyd, L. Mugo-Kamiri, J.M. Petersen, E. Bessette, S. Edwards, F.S. Lim, P. Herren, L. Hernández Pelegrı́n, R.D. Pienaar, H. Huditz, A. Mostafaie, J. Pinto, A. Roman, C. Savio, A.R. Slowik, J. Takacs, J.K. Upfold, H. Hesketh
Publicado en: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Edición May 2025, 2025, Página(s) 1-18, ISSN 2352-4588
Editor: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
DOI: 10.1163/23524588-bja10203

High-throughput screening reveals high diversity and widespread distribution of viruses in black soldier flies (Hermetia illucens)

Autores: Robert D. Pienaar, Salvador Herrero, Alexandra Cerqueira de Araujo, Franciszek Krupa, Adly M.M. Abd-Alla, Elisabeth A. Herniou
Publicado en: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Edición 211, 2025, Página(s) 108322, ISSN 0022-2011
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2025.108322

Nudiviruses in free-living and parasitic arthropods: evolutionary taxonomy

Autores: Jirka Manuel Petersen, Amy L. Burgess, Monique M. van Oers, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Jamie Bojko
Publicado en: Trends in Parasitology, Edición Available online June 16, 2024, 2024, ISSN 1471-4922
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.06.009

The effect of diet composition on the diversity of active gut bacteria and on the growth of <i>Spodoptera exigua</i> (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Autores: Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Marina Querejeta, Ben Raymond, Elisabeth A Herniou
Publicado en: Journal of Insect Science, Edición 24, 2024, ISSN 1536-2442
Editor: Library of the University of Arizona
DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieae031

Bugs in Bugs: The Role of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Maintenance of Health in Mass-Reared Insects

Autores: Carlotta Savio, Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Jennifer K. Upfold
Publicado en: Insects, Edición 2022, 13(4), 376, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects13040376

Effects of Temperature and Density on House Cricket Survival and Growth and on the Prevalence of Acheta Domesticus Densovirus

Autores: Takacs, Jozsef; Bryon, Astrid; Jensen, Annette B.; van Loon, Joop J.A.; Ros, Vera I.D.
Publicado en: Insects, Edición 14, 2023, Página(s) 588, ISSN 2075-4450
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects14070588

A Rapid Method for Measuring In Vitro Growth in Entomopathogenic Fungi

Autores: Anna R. Slowik; Helen Hesketh; Steven M. Sait; Henrik H. de Fine Licht
Publicado en: Insects, Edición 14, 2023, Página(s) 703, ISSN 2075-4450
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects14080703

Harmful and beneficial symbionts of Tenebrio molitor and their implications for disease management

Autores: Slowik, Anna Ruth Herren, Pascal Bessette, Edouard F.S. Lim L. Hernández-Pelegrín C. Savio
Publicado en: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Edición 2023, 2023, Página(s) online, ISSN 2352-4588
Editor: Wageningen Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2022.0171

The naked truth: An updated review on nudiviruses and their relationship to bracoviruses and baculoviruses

Autores: Jirka M. Petersen, Annie Bézier, Jean-Michel Drezen, Monique M. van Oers
Publicado en: Invertebrate Pathology, Edición Volume 189, March 2022, 107718, 2022, ISSN 0022-2011
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2022.107718

Characterization and Tissue Tropism of Newly Identified Iflavirus and Negeviruses in Glossina morsitans morsitans Tsetse Flies

Autores: Meki, I.K.; Huditz, H.-I.; Strunov, A.; van der Vlugt, R.A.A.; Kariithi, H.M.; Rezapanah, M.; Miller, W.J.; Vlak, J.M.; van Oers, M.M.; Abd-Alla, A.M.M.
Publicado en: Viruses, Edición 13(12), 2021, Página(s) 2472, ISSN 1999-4915
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/v13122472

Identification of Albopleistophora grylli n. gen. n. sp. (Microsporidia) and its impact on crickets (Gryllus spp.) in food-and-feed culture systems

Autores: Edouard Bessette, Jamie Bojko, Kelly S. Bateman, Stuart Ross, Nicolai V. Meyling, Bryony A.P. Williams
Publicado en: Journal of invertebrate Pathology, Edición 208, 2025, Página(s) 108229, ISSN 0022-2011
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108229

Bacillus thuringiensis sv morrisoni biovar tenebrionis impact and persistence in Tenebrio molitor larvae,

Autores: Carlotta Savio, Pascal Herren, Agnès Rejasse, Joop J.A. van Loon, Christina Nielsen-Leroux
Publicado en: Journal of Insect as Food and Feed, 2024, ISSN 2352-4588
Editor: Wageningen Academic
DOI: 10.1163/23524588-00001028.

Covert infection with an RNA virus affects medfly fitness and the interaction with its natural parasitoid Aganaspis daci

Autores: Hernández-Pelegrín, Luis; García-Martínez, Ricardo; Llácer, Elena; Nieves, Lorena; Llopis-Giménez, Ángel; Catalá-Oltra, Marta; Dembilio, Óscar; Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell; Urbaneja, Alberto; Ros, Vera I.D.; Beitia, Francisco; Herrero, Salvador
Publicado en: Journal of Pest Science, Edición 97, 2023, Página(s) 269–280, ISSN 1612-4766
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5

Heat stress has immediate and persistent effects on immunity and development of Tenebrio molitor

Autores: P. Herren, H. Hesketh, A.M. Dunn, N.V. Meyling
Publicado en: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Edición 10, 2024, Página(s) 835-853, ISSN 2352-4588
Editor: Wageningen Academic
DOI: 10.1163/23524588-20230095

Non-retroviral Endogenous Viral Elements in Tephritid Fruit Flies Reveal Former Viral Infections Not Related to Known Circulating Viruses

Autores: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín, Vera I. D. Ros, Salvador Herrero & Cristina M. Crava
Publicado en: MIcrobial Ecology, Edición 87, 2023, Página(s) 7, ISSN 1432-184X
Editor: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-023-02310-x

First Evidence of Past and Present Interactions between Viruses and the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens

Autores: Robert D. Pienaar, Clément Gilbert, Carole Belliardo, Salvador Herrero and Elisabeth A. Herniou
Publicado en: Viruses, Edición 14(6), 2022, Página(s) 1274, ISSN 1999-4915
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/v14061274

Expanding the Medfly Virome: Viral Diversity, Prevalence, and sRNA Profiling in Mass-Reared and Field-Derived Medflies

Autores: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín; Ángel Llopis-Giménez; Cristina Maria Crava; Félix Ortego; Pedro Hernández-Crespo; Vera I. D. Ros; Salvador Herrero
Publicado en: Viruses, Edición 14(3), 2022, Página(s) 623, ISSN 1999-4915
Editor: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/v14030623

Minor impact of probiotic bacteria and egg white on Tenebrio molitor growth, microbial composition, and pathogen infection

Autores: Carlotta Savio, Pascal Herren, Agnès Rejasse, Alfredo Rios, William Bourelle, Annette Bruun-Jensen, Antoine Lecocq, Joop J. A. van Loon, Christina Nielsen-LeRoux
Publicado en: Frontiers in Insect Science, Edición 4, 2024, ISSN 2673-8600
Editor: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/finsc.2024.1334526

Rearing zombie flies: Laboratory culturing of the behaviourally manipulating fungal pathogen Entomophthora muscae

Autores: Sam Edwards Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Publicado en: Methods X, Edición Volume 12, 2023, Página(s) 102523,, ISSN 2215-0161
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102523

Rich diversity of RNA viruses in the biological control agent, Orius laevigatus

Autores: Hernández-Pelegrín L, Rodríguez-Gómez A, Abelaira AB, Reche MC, Crava C, Lim FS, Bielza P, Herrero S.
Publicado en: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Edición 206, 2024, Página(s) 108175, ISSN 0022-2011
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108175

Thesis and dissertations (12)

https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publications/investigation-of-microsporidia-and-protist-symbionts-in-reared-in

Autores: Edouard Bessette
Publicado en: 2024
Editor: University of Copenhagen and nNiversity of Exteter

Improving mass rearing of mosquito for pest management: impact of Asaia on host growth and vector competence

Autores: Alessandro Roman
Publicado en: University of Exeter and Wageningen University PhD thesis, Edición June 2024., 2024
Editor: Exeter University and Wageningen University

Impact of environmental stressors on host-parasite interactions in mass-reared Tenebrio molitor.

Autores: Pascal Herren
Publicado en: Edición 26-2-2024, 2024
Editor: University of Copenhagen and University of Leeds

An analysis of the interaction between the gut microbiota and host gut immunity in Galleria mellonella during infection by Bacillus thuringiensis and Metarhizium robertsii

Autores: Jennifer Upfold
Publicado en: Edición 17-11-2023, 2023
Editor: Micalis and University of Copenhagen

Discovery and pathology of novel viruses associated with the unexplored model, Hermetia illucens (black soldier fly)

Autores: Robert Pienaar
Publicado en: 2024
Editor: Univeristy de Tours and University of Valencia

Effects of feed and probiotic bacteria on Tenebrio molitor performance and entomopathogen susceptibility

Autores: Carlotta Savio
Publicado en: Edición 20-11-2023, 2023, ISBN 978-94-6447-852-5
Editor: Wageningen University and Université Paris-Saclay
DOI: 10.18174/637145

Contribution of gut microbiota to infection progression in Lepidoptera.

Autores: Loretta Mugo-Kemiri
Publicado en: 2024
Editor: UNiversity of Tours and University of Exeter

Viral and fungal pathogens in house cricket rearing: Effects of temperature, density and co-infection

Autores: Jozsef Takacs
Publicado en: Edición 28-02-2024, 2024
Editor: Wageningen Unversity & University of Copenhagen
DOI: 10.18174/646807

Evolutionary ecology of obligate fungal and microsporidian invertebrate pathogens

Autores: Sam Edwards
Publicado en: Edición 15-1-2024, 2024
Editor: University of Exeter and University of Copenhagen

Nudivirus nexus : Synthesis of diversity, evolution and pathology within the family Nudiviridae

Autores: Jirka Manuel Petersen
Publicado en: 2025
Editor: Wageningen University and Research
DOI: 10.18174/681223

Covert infections with RNA viruses in the Mediterranean fruit fly

Autores: Luis Hernández Pelegrin
Publicado en: 2024
Editor: University of Valencia and University of Wageningen

Ecological considerations of thermal and nutritional interactions in Metarhizium host range evolutionA multidimensional analysis of niche width in insect-pathogenic fungi

Autores: Anna R. Slowik
Publicado en: 2023
Editor: University of Leeds and UNiversity of Copenhagen

Non-peer reviewed articles (3)

Beyond viral detection: multitrophic effects of covert infection with an RNA virus in medfly

Autores: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín, Ricardo García-Martínez, Elena Llácer, Lorena Nieves, Ángel Llopis-Giménez, Marta Catalá-Oltra, Óscar Dembilio, Meritxell Pérez-Hedo, Alberto Urbaneja, Vera I.D. Ros, Francisco Beitia, Salvador Herrero
Publicado en: BioRxiv, Edición November 25, 2022, 2022, Página(s) 11.25.517915, ISSN 2692-8205
Editor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.25.517915

Optimization of screening methods leads to the discovery of new viruses in black soldier flies (<i>Hermetia illucens</i>)

Autores: Robert D. Pienaar, Salvador Herrero, Alexandra Cerqueira de Araujo, Frank Krupa, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla, Elisabeth A. Herniou
Publicado en: BioRxiv, Edición 609913, August 27, 2024, 2024, ISSN 2692-8205
Editor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609913

Detection of insect health with deep learning on near-infrared sensor data

Autores: Emily Bick, Sam Edwards, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Publicado en: BioRxiv, Edición 2021, 2021, Página(s) 11.15.468635, ISSN 2692-8205
Editor: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2021.11.15.468635

Other (2)

Identification of Albopleistophora Grylli N. Gen. N. Sp. (Microsporidia) and its Impact on Crickets (Gryllus Spp.) in Food-and-Feed Culture Systems

Autores: Edouard Bessette, Jamie Bojko, Kelly Bateman, Stuart Ross, Nicolai V. Meyling, Bryony A. P. Williams
Publicado en: SRRN, Edición 2024, 2024, Página(s) 4935009
Editor: Elsevier

Evolutionary ecology of an obligate and behaviorally manipulating insect- pathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae

Autores: Henrik H. De Fine Licht, Sam Edwards, Carolyn Elya
Publicado en: Edición 2023, 2023
Editor: Authorea, Inc.
DOI: 10.22541/au.167778641.14505987/v1

Book chapters (1)

Viral diseases of insects

Autores: Vera I.D. Ros, Delphine Panziera, Remziye Nalcacioglu, Jirka Manuel Petersen, Eugene Ryabov, Monique M. van Oers
Publicado en: Invertebrate Pathology, Edición 2022, 2022, Página(s) 249-285
Editor: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198853756.003.0010