ludens , only artificial infestations in fully ripe guavas under field cage or laboratory conditions have been possible, and even under such artificial conditions, the negative effect on larval and adult fitness were highly significant ( Birke et al., 2015 ; Birke and Aluja, 2018 ).
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Bitter friends are not always toxic: The loss of acetic acid bacteria and the absence of <i>Komagataeibacter</i> in the gut microbiota of the polyphagous fly <i>Anastrepha ludens</i> could inhibit its development in <i>Psidium guajava</i> in contrast to <i>A. striata</i> and <i>A. fraterculus</i> that flourish in this host.
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