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

Informazioni relative al progetto

INSECT DOCTORS

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 859850

DOI

10.3030/859850

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 9 Agosto 2019

Data di avvio 1 Novembre 2019

Data di completamento 31 Ottobre 2024

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Costo totale

€ 4 201 844,76

Contributo UE

€ 4 201 844,76

Coordinato da

WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY
Netherlands

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Risultati finali

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

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (31)

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

Autori: Jirka Manuel Petersen, Astrid Bryon, Annie Bézier, Jean-Michel Drezen, Monique M. van Oers
Pubblicato in: Journal of General Virology, Numero 106, 2025, Pagina/e 002066, ISSN 0022-1317
Editore: 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

Autori: Upfold, Jennifer Kate; Agnès Rejasse; Christina Nielsen-Leroux; Jensen, Annette Bruun; Vincent Sanchis-Borja
Pubblicato in: Frontiers in Insect Science, Numero 3, 2023, Pagina/e 1260333, ISSN 2673-8600
Editore: 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

Autori: Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Lea Schäfer, Jörg T. Wennmann, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Ben Raymond
Pubblicato in: Microbiology Resource Announcements, Numero 13, 2024, ISSN 2576-098X
Editore: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00330-24

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

Autori: Pascal Herren; Alison M. Dunn; Nicolai V. Meyling; Carlotta Savio; Helen Hesketh
Pubblicato in: Microbial Ecology, Numero Volume 87, art. 34, 2024, ISSN 1432-184X
Editore: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-024-02347-6

Environment–host–parasite interactions in mass-reared insects

Autori: Herren P, Hesketh H., Meyling NV, Dunn AM
Pubblicato in: Trends in Parasitology, Numero 39(7), 2023, 2023, Pagina/e 588-602, ISSN 1471-4922
Editore: 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

Autori: Edouard Bessette, Bryony A.P. Williams, Nicolai V. Meyling
Pubblicato in: MethodsX, Numero 13, 2024, Pagina/e 102888, ISSN 2215-0161
Editore: 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

Autori: Fang Shiang Lim, Joel González-Cabrera, Jens Keilwagen, Regina G. Kleespies, Johannes A. Jehle & Jörg T. Wennmann
Pubblicato in: Scienitifc Reports, Numero Volume 14, 2024, Pagina/e 8528, ISSN 2045-2322
Editore: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-58768-3

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

Autori: Anna R. Slowik, Helen Hesketh, Steven M. Sait, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Pubblicato in: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Numero 204, 2024, Pagina/e 108106, ISSN 0022-2011
Editore: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108106

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

Autori: Hernández-Pelegrín L, Huditz H, García-Castillo P, de Ruijter NCA, van Oers MM, Herrero S, Ros VID.
Pubblicato in: J Virol, Numero 98, 2025, Pagina/e e00108-24, ISSN 1098-5514
Editore: 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

Autori: Sam Edwards, Eleanor Bath, Henrik H De Fine Licht
Pubblicato in: Behavioural Ecology, Numero Volume 35, 2024, Pagina/e arae004, ISSN 1465-7279
Editore: Oxford UnNiversity Press
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arae004

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

Autori: Edouard Bessette; Bryony Williams
Pubblicato in: Insects, Numero 13(5), 482, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Editore: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects13050482

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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Numero May 2025, 2025, Pagina/e 1-18, ISSN 2352-4588
Editore: 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)

Autori: Robert D. Pienaar, Salvador Herrero, Alexandra Cerqueira de Araujo, Franciszek Krupa, Adly M.M. Abd-Alla, Elisabeth A. Herniou
Pubblicato in: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Numero 211, 2025, Pagina/e 108322, ISSN 0022-2011
Editore: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2025.108322

Nudiviruses in free-living and parasitic arthropods: evolutionary taxonomy

Autori: Jirka Manuel Petersen, Amy L. Burgess, Monique M. van Oers, Elisabeth A. Herniou, Jamie Bojko
Pubblicato in: Trends in Parasitology, Numero Available online June 16, 2024, 2024, ISSN 1471-4922
Editore: 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)

Autori: Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Marina Querejeta, Ben Raymond, Elisabeth A Herniou
Pubblicato in: Journal of Insect Science, Numero 24, 2024, ISSN 1536-2442
Editore: 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

Autori: Carlotta Savio, Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, Jennifer K. Upfold
Pubblicato in: Insects, Numero 2022, 13(4), 376, 2022, ISSN 2075-4450
Editore: 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

Autori: Takacs, Jozsef; Bryon, Astrid; Jensen, Annette B.; van Loon, Joop J.A.; Ros, Vera I.D.
Pubblicato in: Insects, Numero 14, 2023, Pagina/e 588, ISSN 2075-4450
Editore: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects14070588

A Rapid Method for Measuring In Vitro Growth in Entomopathogenic Fungi

Autori: Anna R. Slowik; Helen Hesketh; Steven M. Sait; Henrik H. de Fine Licht
Pubblicato in: Insects, Numero 14, 2023, Pagina/e 703, ISSN 2075-4450
Editore: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/insects14080703

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

Autori: Slowik, Anna Ruth Herren, Pascal Bessette, Edouard F.S. Lim L. Hernández-Pelegrín C. Savio
Pubblicato in: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Numero 2023, 2023, Pagina/e online, ISSN 2352-4588
Editore: Wageningen Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2022.0171

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

Autori: Jirka M. Petersen, Annie Bézier, Jean-Michel Drezen, Monique M. van Oers
Pubblicato in: Invertebrate Pathology, Numero Volume 189, March 2022, 107718, 2022, ISSN 0022-2011
Editore: 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

Autori: 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.
Pubblicato in: Viruses, Numero 13(12), 2021, Pagina/e 2472, ISSN 1999-4915
Editore: 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

Autori: Edouard Bessette, Jamie Bojko, Kelly S. Bateman, Stuart Ross, Nicolai V. Meyling, Bryony A.P. Williams
Pubblicato in: Journal of invertebrate Pathology, Numero 208, 2025, Pagina/e 108229, ISSN 0022-2011
Editore: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2024.108229

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

Autori: Carlotta Savio, Pascal Herren, Agnès Rejasse, Joop J.A. van Loon, Christina Nielsen-Leroux
Pubblicato in: Journal of Insect as Food and Feed, 2024, ISSN 2352-4588
Editore: 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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Journal of Pest Science, Numero 97, 2023, Pagina/e 269–280, ISSN 1612-4766
Editore: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-023-01617-5

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

Autori: P. Herren, H. Hesketh, A.M. Dunn, N.V. Meyling
Pubblicato in: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Numero 10, 2024, Pagina/e 835-853, ISSN 2352-4588
Editore: 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

Autori: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín, Vera I. D. Ros, Salvador Herrero & Cristina M. Crava
Pubblicato in: MIcrobial Ecology, Numero 87, 2023, Pagina/e 7, ISSN 1432-184X
Editore: 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

Autori: Robert D. Pienaar, Clément Gilbert, Carole Belliardo, Salvador Herrero and Elisabeth A. Herniou
Pubblicato in: Viruses, Numero 14(6), 2022, Pagina/e 1274, ISSN 1999-4915
Editore: 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

Autori: Luis Hernández-Pelegrín; Ángel Llopis-Giménez; Cristina Maria Crava; Félix Ortego; Pedro Hernández-Crespo; Vera I. D. Ros; Salvador Herrero
Pubblicato in: Viruses, Numero 14(3), 2022, Pagina/e 623, ISSN 1999-4915
Editore: 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

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

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

Autori: Sam Edwards Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Pubblicato in: Methods X, Numero Volume 12, 2023, Pagina/e 102523,, ISSN 2215-0161
Editore: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102523

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

Autori: Hernández-Pelegrín L, Rodríguez-Gómez A, Abelaira AB, Reche MC, Crava C, Lim FS, Bielza P, Herrero S.
Pubblicato in: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Numero 206, 2024, Pagina/e 108175, ISSN 0022-2011
Editore: 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

Autori: Edouard Bessette
Pubblicato in: 2024
Editore: University of Copenhagen and nNiversity of Exteter

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

Autori: Alessandro Roman
Pubblicato in: University of Exeter and Wageningen University PhD thesis, Numero June 2024., 2024
Editore: Exeter University and Wageningen University

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

Autori: Pascal Herren
Pubblicato in: Numero 26-2-2024, 2024
Editore: 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

Autori: Jennifer Upfold
Pubblicato in: Numero 17-11-2023, 2023
Editore: Micalis and University of Copenhagen

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

Autori: Robert Pienaar
Pubblicato in: 2024
Editore: Univeristy de Tours and University of Valencia

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

Autori: Carlotta Savio
Pubblicato in: Numero 20-11-2023, 2023, ISBN 978-94-6447-852-5
Editore: Wageningen University and Université Paris-Saclay
DOI: 10.18174/637145

Contribution of gut microbiota to infection progression in Lepidoptera.

Autori: Loretta Mugo-Kemiri
Pubblicato in: 2024
Editore: UNiversity of Tours and University of Exeter

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

Autori: Jozsef Takacs
Pubblicato in: Numero 28-02-2024, 2024
Editore: Wageningen Unversity & University of Copenhagen
DOI: 10.18174/646807

Evolutionary ecology of obligate fungal and microsporidian invertebrate pathogens

Autori: Sam Edwards
Pubblicato in: Numero 15-1-2024, 2024
Editore: University of Exeter and University of Copenhagen

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

Autori: Jirka Manuel Petersen
Pubblicato in: 2025
Editore: Wageningen University and Research
DOI: 10.18174/681223

Covert infections with RNA viruses in the Mediterranean fruit fly

Autori: Luis Hernández Pelegrin
Pubblicato in: 2024
Editore: 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

Autori: Anna R. Slowik
Pubblicato in: 2023
Editore: 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

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: BioRxiv, Numero November 25, 2022, 2022, Pagina/e 11.25.517915, ISSN 2692-8205
Editore: 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>)

Autori: Robert D. Pienaar, Salvador Herrero, Alexandra Cerqueira de Araujo, Frank Krupa, Adly M. M. Abd-Alla, Elisabeth A. Herniou
Pubblicato in: BioRxiv, Numero 609913, August 27, 2024, 2024, ISSN 2692-8205
Editore: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.27.609913

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

Autori: Emily Bick, Sam Edwards, Henrik H. De Fine Licht
Pubblicato in: BioRxiv, Numero 2021, 2021, Pagina/e 11.15.468635, ISSN 2692-8205
Editore: 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

Autori: Edouard Bessette, Jamie Bojko, Kelly Bateman, Stuart Ross, Nicolai V. Meyling, Bryony A. P. Williams
Pubblicato in: SRRN, Numero 2024, 2024, Pagina/e 4935009
Editore: Elsevier

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

Autori: Henrik H. De Fine Licht, Sam Edwards, Carolyn Elya
Pubblicato in: Numero 2023, 2023
Editore: Authorea, Inc.
DOI: 10.22541/au.167778641.14505987/v1

Book chapters (1)

Viral diseases of insects

Autori: Vera I.D. Ros, Delphine Panziera, Remziye Nalcacioglu, Jirka Manuel Petersen, Eugene Ryabov, Monique M. van Oers
Pubblicato in: Invertebrate Pathology, Numero 2022, 2022, Pagina/e 249-285
Editore: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198853756.003.0010