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FITNESS COST OF PHEROMONE PRODUCTION IN SIGNALING FEMALE MOTHS by Harari, Ally R., Zahavi, Tirtza, Thiéry, Denis

“…A secondary sexual character may act as an honest signal of the quality of the individual if the trait bears a cost and if its expression is phenotypically…”
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Habitat use by crop pests and natural enemies in a Mediterranean vineyard agroecosystem by Shapira, Idan, Gavish-Regev, Efrat, Sharon, Rakefet, Harari, Ally R., Kishinevsky, Miriam, Keasar, Tamar

“…•We studied spatial distributions of arthropods within and near five vineyards.•Major crop pests were most abundant on vines, furthest away from natural…”
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Female detection of the synthetic sex pheromone contributes to the efficacy of mating disruption of the European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana by Harari, Ally R, Zahavi, Tirtza, Steinitz, Hadass

“…BACKGROUND Studies of the mechanisms by which mating‐disruption techniques control insect pest populations have traditionally focused on the effects of the…”
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Pheromone gland transcriptome of the pink bollworm moth, Pectinophora gossypiella: Comparison between a laboratory and field population by Dou, Xiaoyi, Liu, Sijun, Soroker, Victoria, Harari, Ally, Jurenka, Russell

“…The pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, is a world-wide pest of cotton and in some parts of the cotton growing region is controlled by the mating…”
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Moth-inspired navigation algorithm in a turbulent odor plume from a pulsating source by Liberzon, Alexander, Harrington, Kyra, Daniel, Nimrod, Gurka, Roi, Harari, Ally, Zilman, Gregory

“…Some female moths attract male moths by emitting series of pulses of pheromone filaments propagating downwind. The turbulent nature of the wind creates a…”
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A comparison of naturally growing vegetation vs. border-planted companion plants for sustaining parasitoids in pomegranate orchards by Kishinevsky, Miriam, Keasar, Tamar, Harari, Ally R., Chiel, Elad

“…•Planted and wild companion plants bordering pomegranate orchards were compared.•Wild and introduced plants attracted similar numbers of natural enemies and…”
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Mating disruption method against the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus: effect of sequential treatment on infested vines by Sharon, Rakefet, Zahavi, Tirtza, Sokolsky, Tamar, Sofer-Arad, Carmit, Tomer, Maor, Kedoshim, Rika, Harari, Ally R.

“…The vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is a major pest of vineyards. Here, we tested the efficacy of the mating…”
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Males perceive honest information from female released sex pheromone in a moth by Gonzalez-Karlsson, Adrea, Golov, Yftach, Steinitz, Hadass, Moncaz, Aviad, Halon, Eyal, Horowitz, A Rami, Goldenberg, Inna, Gurka, Roi, Liberzon, Alexander, Soroker, Victoria, Jurenka, Russell, Harari, Ally R

“…Abstract There is accumulating evidence that male insects advertise their quality to conspecific females through pheromones. However, most studies of female…”
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Inconsistent effects of local and landscape factors on two key pests in Israeli vineyards by Krasnov, Helena, Cohen, Yafit, Goldshtein, Eitan, Ovadia, Shmuel, Sharon, Rakefet, Harari, Ally R., Blank, Lior

“…An ecoinformatics approach was used to test how two noxious species in grapevines with varying host preferences and movement characteristics: the European…”
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Inbreeding, but not seed availability, affects dispersal and reproductive success in a seed-inhabiting social beetle by Sitkov-Sharon, Gal, Tremmel, Martin, Bouskila, Amos, Lubin, Yael, Harari, Ally R.

“…Societies based on family groups have flexible social structures, where genetic relatedness and ecological or demographic factors exert pronounced influence on…”
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Copulation with immature females increases male fitness in cannibalistic widow spiders by Biaggio, M. Daniela, Sandomirsky, Iara, Lubin, Yael, Harari, Ally R., Andrade, Maydianne C. B.

“…Copulatory cannibalism of male ‘widow’ spiders (genus Latrodectus) is a model example of the extreme effects of sexual selection, particularly in L. hasselti…”
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Novel RNA Viruses from the Transcriptome of Pheromone Glands in the Pink Bollworm Moth, Pectinophora gossypiella by Dou, Xiaoyi, Liu, Sijun, Soroker, Victoria, Harari, Ally, Jurenka, Russell

“…In this study, we analyzed the transcriptome obtained from the pheromone gland isolated from two Israeli populations of the pink bollworm Pectinophora…”
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Effects of Natural Habitat and Season on Cursorial Spider Assemblages in Mediterranean Vineyards by Ganem Coutinho, André, Ferrante, Marco, Lubin, Yael, Armiach Steinpress, Igor, Gish, Moshe, Sharon, Rakefet, Harari, Ally R., Keasar, Tamar, Gavish-regev, Efrat

“…Spiders are potential natural enemies of insect pests in many crops, and their species composition in the crop may be influenced by nearby natural habitats…”
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The evolution of female sex pheromones by Harari, Ally R., Steinitz, Hadass

“…The role of female sex pheromones in natural selection, particularly as a means for species recognition to avoid the generation of hybrid offspring with low…”
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Precopulatory behavior and sexual conflict in the desert locust by Golov, Yiftach, Rillich, Jan, Harari, Ally, Ayali, Amir

“…Studies of mating and reproductive behavior have contributed much to our understanding of various animals' ecological success. The desert locust, , is an…”
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Does mating disruption of Planococcus ficus and Lobesia botrana affect the diversity, abundance and composition of natural enemies in Israeli vineyards? by Shapira, Idan, Keasar, Tamar, Harari, Ally R, Gavish‐Regev, Efrat, Kishinevsky, Miriam, Steinitz, Hadass, Sofer‐Arad, Carmit, Tomer, Maor, Avraham, Almog, Sharon, Rakefet

“…BACKGROUND Mating disruption (MD) employs high doses of a pest's synthetic sex pheromone in agricultural plots, to interfere with its reproduction. MD is…”
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Male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic widow spider by Waner, Shevy, Motro, Uzi, Lubin, Yael, Harari, Ally R.

“…Males of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus (Theridiidae), invest energy in courtship displays and are often cannibalized after mating;…”
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Open-source computational simulation of moth-inspired navigation algorithm: A benchmark framework by Golov, Yiftach, Benelli, Noam, Gurka, Roi, Harari, Ally, Zilman, Gregory, Liberzon, Alex

“…Olfactory navigation is defined as a task of a self-propelled navigator with some sensors capabilities to detect odor (or scalar concentration) convected and…”
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Methods to Separate Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Males from Females for the Implementation of Sterile Insect-Inherited Sterility Technique Control Tactics by Steinitz, Hadass, Sadeh, Adi, Tremmel, Martin, Harari, Ally R

“…The sterile insect technique (SIT) requires the release of a large number of irradiated moths in the infested crop area targeted for suppression or…”
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Brood size in a polyembryonic parasitoid wasp is affected by relatedness among competing larvae by Segoli, Michal, Harari, Ally R., Bouskila, Amos, Keasar, Tamar

“…Brood size has important implications for the fitness of both parents and offspring. In polyembryonic parasitoid wasps, each egg develops into many genetically…”
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