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

Informations projet

INSECT DOCTORS

N° de convention de subvention: 859850

DOI

10.3030/859850

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 9 Août 2019

Date de début 1 Novembre 2019

Date de fin 31 Octobre 2024

Financé au titre de

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coût total

€ 4 201 844,76

Contribution de l’UE

€ 4 201 844,76

Coordonné par

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

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Livrables

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

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

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

Auteurs: Jirka Manuel Petersen, Astrid Bryon, Annie Bézier, Jean-Michel Drezen, Monique M. van Oers
Publié dans: Journal of General Virology, Numéro 106, 2025, Page(s) 002066, ISSN 0022-1317
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Upfold, Jennifer Kate; Agnès Rejasse; Christina Nielsen-Leroux; Jensen, Annette Bruun; Vincent Sanchis-Borja
Publié dans: Frontiers in Insect Science, Numéro 3, 2023, Page(s) 1260333, ISSN 2673-8600
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Lea Schäfer, Jörg T. Wennmann, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Ben Raymond
Publié dans: Microbiology Resource Announcements, Numéro 13, 2024, ISSN 2576-098X
Éditeur: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00330-24

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

Auteurs: Pascal Herren; Alison M. Dunn; Nicolai V. Meyling; Carlotta Savio; Helen Hesketh
Publié dans: Microbial Ecology, Numéro Volume 87, art. 34, 2024, ISSN 1432-184X
Éditeur: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-024-02347-6

Environment–host–parasite interactions in mass-reared insects

Auteurs: Herren P, Hesketh H., Meyling NV, Dunn AM
Publié dans: Trends in Parasitology, Numéro 39(7), 2023, 2023, Page(s) 588-602, ISSN 1471-4922
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Edouard Bessette, Bryony A.P. Williams, Nicolai V. Meyling
Publié dans: MethodsX, Numéro 13, 2024, Page(s) 102888, ISSN 2215-0161
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Fang Shiang Lim, Joel González-Cabrera, Jens Keilwagen, Regina G. Kleespies, Johannes A. Jehle & Jörg T. Wennmann
Publié dans: Scienitifc Reports, Numéro Volume 14, 2024, Page(s) 8528, ISSN 2045-2322
Éditeur: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58768-3

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

Auteurs: Anna R. Slowik, Helen Hesketh, Steven M. Sait, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Publié dans: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Numéro 204, 2024, Page(s) 108106, ISSN 0022-2011
Éditeur: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108106

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

Auteurs: Hernández-Pelegrín L, Huditz H, García-Castillo P, de Ruijter NCA, van Oers MM, Herrero S, Ros VID.
Publié dans: J Virol, Numéro 98, 2025, Page(s) e00108-24, ISSN 1098-5514
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Sam Edwards, Eleanor Bath, Henrik H De Fine Licht
Publié dans: Behavioural Ecology, Numéro Volume 35, 2024, Page(s) arae004, ISSN 1465-7279
Éditeur: Oxford UnNiversity Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arae004

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

Auteurs: Edouard Bessette; Bryony Williams
Publié dans: Insects, Numéro 13(5), 482, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Éditeur: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects13050482

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

Auteurs: 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
Publié dans: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Numéro May 2025, 2025, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 2352-4588
Éditeur: 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)

Auteurs: Robert D. Pienaar, Salvador Herrero, Alexandra Cerqueira de Araujo, Franciszek Krupa, Adly M.M. Abd-Alla, Elisabeth A. Herniou
Publié dans: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Numéro 211, 2025, Page(s) 108322, ISSN 0022-2011
Éditeur: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2025.108322

Nudiviruses in free-living and parasitic arthropods: evolutionary taxonomy

Auteurs: Jirka Manuel Petersen, Amy L. Burgess, Monique M. van Oers, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Jamie Bojko
Publié dans: Trends in Parasitology, Numéro Available online June 16, 2024, 2024, ISSN 1471-4922
Éditeur: 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)

Auteurs: Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Marina Querejeta, Ben Raymond, Elisabeth A Herniou
Publié dans: Journal of Insect Science, Numéro 24, 2024, ISSN 1536-2442
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Carlotta Savio, Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Jennifer K. Upfold
Publié dans: Insects, Numéro 2022, 13(4), 376, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Takacs, Jozsef; Bryon, Astrid; Jensen, Annette B.; van Loon, Joop J.A.; Ros, Vera I.D.
Publié dans: Insects, Numéro 14, 2023, Page(s) 588, ISSN 2075-4450
Éditeur: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects14070588

A Rapid Method for Measuring In Vitro Growth in Entomopathogenic Fungi

Auteurs: Anna R. Slowik; Helen Hesketh; Steven M. Sait; Henrik H. de Fine Licht
Publié dans: Insects, Numéro 14, 2023, Page(s) 703, ISSN 2075-4450
Éditeur: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects14080703

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

Auteurs: Slowik, Anna Ruth Herren, Pascal Bessette, Edouard F.S. Lim L. Hernández-Pelegrín C. Savio
Publié dans: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Numéro 2023, 2023, Page(s) online, ISSN 2352-4588
Éditeur: Wageningen Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2022.0171

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

Auteurs: Jirka M. Petersen, Annie Bézier, Jean-Michel Drezen, Monique M. van Oers
Publié dans: Invertebrate Pathology, Numéro Volume 189, March 2022, 107718, 2022, ISSN 0022-2011
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: 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.
Publié dans: Viruses, Numéro 13(12), 2021, Page(s) 2472, ISSN 1999-4915
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Edouard Bessette, Jamie Bojko, Kelly S. Bateman, Stuart Ross, Nicolai V. Meyling, Bryony A.P. Williams
Publié dans: Journal of invertebrate Pathology, Numéro 208, 2025, Page(s) 108229, ISSN 0022-2011
Éditeur: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108229

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

Auteurs: Carlotta Savio, Pascal Herren, Agnès Rejasse, Joop J.A. van Loon, Christina Nielsen-Leroux
Publié dans: Journal of Insect as Food and Feed, 2024, ISSN 2352-4588
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: 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
Publié dans: Journal of Pest Science, Numéro 97, 2023, Page(s) 269–280, ISSN 1612-4766
Éditeur: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5

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

Auteurs: P. Herren, H. Hesketh, A.M. Dunn, N.V. Meyling
Publié dans: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Numéro 10, 2024, Page(s) 835-853, ISSN 2352-4588
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín, Vera I. D. Ros, Salvador Herrero & Cristina M. Crava
Publié dans: MIcrobial Ecology, Numéro 87, 2023, Page(s) 7, ISSN 1432-184X
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Robert D. Pienaar, Clément Gilbert, Carole Belliardo, Salvador Herrero and Elisabeth A. Herniou
Publié dans: Viruses, Numéro 14(6), 2022, Page(s) 1274, ISSN 1999-4915
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín; Ángel Llopis-Giménez; Cristina Maria Crava; Félix Ortego; Pedro Hernández-Crespo; Vera I. D. Ros; Salvador Herrero
Publié dans: Viruses, Numéro 14(3), 2022, Page(s) 623, ISSN 1999-4915
Éditeur: 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

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

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

Auteurs: Sam Edwards Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Publié dans: Methods X, Numéro Volume 12, 2023, Page(s) 102523,, ISSN 2215-0161
Éditeur: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102523

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

Auteurs: Hernández-Pelegrín L, Rodríguez-Gómez A, Abelaira AB, Reche MC, Crava C, Lim FS, Bielza P, Herrero S.
Publié dans: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Numéro 206, 2024, Page(s) 108175, ISSN 0022-2011
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Edouard Bessette
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: University of Copenhagen and nNiversity of Exteter

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

Auteurs: Alessandro Roman
Publié dans: University of Exeter and Wageningen University PhD thesis, Numéro June 2024., 2024
Éditeur: Exeter University and Wageningen University

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

Auteurs: Pascal Herren
Publié dans: Numéro 26-2-2024, 2024
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Jennifer Upfold
Publié dans: Numéro 17-11-2023, 2023
Éditeur: Micalis and University of Copenhagen

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

Auteurs: Robert Pienaar
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: Univeristy de Tours and University of Valencia

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

Auteurs: Carlotta Savio
Publié dans: Numéro 20-11-2023, 2023, ISBN 978-94-6447-852-5
Éditeur: Wageningen University and Université Paris-Saclay
DOI: 10.18174/637145

Contribution of gut microbiota to infection progression in Lepidoptera.

Auteurs: Loretta Mugo-Kemiri
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: UNiversity of Tours and University of Exeter

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

Auteurs: Jozsef Takacs
Publié dans: Numéro 28-02-2024, 2024
Éditeur: Wageningen Unversity & University of Copenhagen
DOI: 10.18174/646807

Evolutionary ecology of obligate fungal and microsporidian invertebrate pathogens

Auteurs: Sam Edwards
Publié dans: Numéro 15-1-2024, 2024
Éditeur: University of Exeter and University of Copenhagen

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

Auteurs: Jirka Manuel Petersen
Publié dans: 2025
Éditeur: Wageningen University and Research
DOI: 10.18174/681223

Covert infections with RNA viruses in the Mediterranean fruit fly

Auteurs: Luis Hernández Pelegrin
Publié dans: 2024
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Anna R. Slowik
Publié dans: 2023
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: 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
Publié dans: BioRxiv, Numéro November 25, 2022, 2022, Page(s) 11.25.517915, ISSN 2692-8205
Éditeur: 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>)

Auteurs: Robert D. Pienaar, Salvador Herrero, Alexandra Cerqueira de Araujo, Frank Krupa, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla, Elisabeth A. Herniou
Publié dans: BioRxiv, Numéro 609913, August 27, 2024, 2024, ISSN 2692-8205
Éditeur: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609913

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

Auteurs: Emily Bick, Sam Edwards, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Publié dans: BioRxiv, Numéro 2021, 2021, Page(s) 11.15.468635, ISSN 2692-8205
Éditeur: 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

Auteurs: Edouard Bessette, Jamie Bojko, Kelly Bateman, Stuart Ross, Nicolai V. Meyling, Bryony A. P. Williams
Publié dans: SRRN, Numéro 2024, 2024, Page(s) 4935009
Éditeur: Elsevier

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

Auteurs: Henrik H. De Fine Licht, Sam Edwards, Carolyn Elya
Publié dans: Numéro 2023, 2023
Éditeur: Authorea, Inc.
DOI: 10.22541/au.167778641.14505987/v1

Book chapters (1)

Viral diseases of insects

Auteurs: Vera I.D. Ros, Delphine Panziera, Remziye Nalcacioglu, Jirka Manuel Petersen, Eugene Ryabov, Monique M. van Oers
Publié dans: Invertebrate Pathology, Numéro 2022, 2022, Page(s) 249-285
Éditeur: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198853756.003.0010