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Employment (6)

Hellenic Mediterranean University: Heraklion, Crete, GR

2021-09-01 to present | Department Head (Department of Agriculture)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Hellenic Mediterranean University: Heraklion, Crete, GR

2020-05-29 to present | Associate Professor of Entomology and Agricultural Pharmacology (School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Hellenic Agricultural Organisation – Demeter (former NAGREF) : Heraklion, Crete, GR

2016-01-18 to 2020-05-29 | Researcher / Applied Entomology and Zoology (Institute of Olive tree, Subtropical Plants and Viticulture)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Hellenic Agricultural Organisation – Demeter (former NAGREF) : Heraklion, Crete, GR

2011-10-10 to 2016-01-18 | Specialised Scientist (Institute of Olive tree, Subtropical Plants and Viticulture)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

National Agricultural Research Foundation: Heraklion, Crete, GR

2005-01-19 to 2011-10-10 | Specialised Scientist (Plant Protection Institute of Heraklion)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Technological Education Institute of Crete: Heraklion, GR

2008 to 2011 | Lecturer / External (Scholl of Agronomy)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Bath: Bath, Somerset, GB

1996-03-01 to 1999-12-10 | PhD (Department of Biology and Biochemistry)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Agricultural University of Athens: Athens, GR

1990-09-10 to 1995-11-30 | MSc (Department of Biology and Biotechnology)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Funding (3)

Innovative tools for rational control of the most difficult-to-manage pests (super pests) and the diseases they transmit

2018-09-01 to 2022-08-31 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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Development of IT and molecular diagnostic tools, for improving the sustainability of pesticide based approaches to control agricultural pests of major economic importance in Greece

2012 to 2015 | Grant
General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Athens, GR)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Genomic and functional approaches for understanding insecticide resistance mechanisms in major agricultural pests

2012 to 2015 | Grant
General Secretariat for Research and Technology (Athens, GR)
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Emmanouil Roditakis

Works (48)

Cryptoblabes gnidiella Millière (Pyralidae, Phycitinae): An Emerging Grapevine Pest in Greece

Insects
2025-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos B. Simoglou; Iraklis Topalidis; Dimitrios N. Avtzis; Achilleas Kaltsidis; Emmanouil Roditakis
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Understanding Greenhouse Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Growers’ Perceptions for Optimal Phthorimaea absoluta (Meyrick) Management—A Survey in Greece

Agriculture
2024-12-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos Β. Simoglou; Marianna Stavrakaki; Konstantina Alipranti; Kyriaki Mylona; Emmanouil Roditakis
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Revision of Helicoverpa armigera insecticide resistance status in Greece

Crop Protection
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Stavrakaki; A. Ilias; K.B. Simoglou; G.K. Mironidis; C.T. Zimmer; D. Souza; E. Roditakis
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Effects of novel and commercial phytochemicals on beneficial arthropods

Crop Protection
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Angeliki Paspati; Evangelia Karakosta; Virginia Balanza; Amador Rodríguez-Gómez; Carolina Grávalos; Dina Cifuentes; Aikaterini Koukaki; Marianna Stavrakaki; Emmanouil Roditakis; Pablo Bielza et al.
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Pesticide Safety in Greek Plant Foods from the Consumer Perspective: The Importance of Reliable Information

Agrochemicals
2023-09-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos B. Simoglou; Paraskevi El. Skarpa; Emmanouil Roditakis
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First Report of the Pepper Fruit Fly Atherigona orientalis (Schiner 1968) (Diptera: Muscidae) Infesting Commercial Pepper Crops in Greece

Insects
2023-04-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Emmanouil Roditakis; Katerina Kremi; Kyriaki Mylona; Vasilios Georgousis; Dimitrios N. Avtzis; Konstantinos B. Simoglou
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Exploration of the DNA Photocleavage Activity of O-Halo-phenyl Carbamoyl Amidoximes: Studies of the UVA-Induced Effects on a Major Crop Pest, the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci

DNA
2023-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Anastasios Panagopoulos; Konstantina Alipranti; Kyriaki Mylona; Polinikis Paisidis; Stergios Rizos; Alexandros E. Koumbis; Emmanouil Roditakis; Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou
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Functional characterization of cytochrome P450s associated with pyrethroid resistance in the olive fruit flyBactrocera oleae

2022-12-08 | Preprint
Contributors: Anastasia Kampouraki; Dimitra Tsakireli; Venetia Koidou; Marianna Stavrakaki; Stavroula Kaili; Yannis Livadaras; Linda Grigoraki; Panagiotis Ioannidis; Emmanouil Roditakis; John Vontas
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Next‐generation molecular diagnostics (TaqMan qPCR and ddPCR) for monitoring insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci

Pest Management Science
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos Mavridis; Kyriaki Maria Papapostolou; Aris Ilias; Kleita Michaelidou; Marianna Stavrakaki; Emmanouil Roditakis; Anastasia Tsagkarakou; Chris Bass; John Vontas
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Effect of solvent extraction time on the hydrocarbon profile of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and behavioural effects of 9-pentacosene and dodecane

European Journal of Entomology
2022-07-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Maria BELENIOTI; Emmanouil RODITAKIS; Manolis SOFIADIS; Maria FOUSKAKI; Maria APOSTOLAKI; Nikos CHANIOTAKIS
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Investigating mechanisms associated with emamectin benzoate resistance in the tomato borer Tuta absoluta

Journal of Pest Science
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Marianna Stavrakaki; Aris Ilias; Panagiotis Ioannidis; John Vontas; Emmanouil Roditakis
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Flupyradifurone resistance in Myzus persicae populations from peach and tobacco in Greece

Pest Management Science
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Fillothei Papadimitriou; Maria Folia; Aris Ilias; Polyxeni Papapetrou; Emmanouil Roditakis; Chris Bass; John Vontas; John T Margaritopoulos
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Consumers’ Benefit—Risk Perception on Pesticides and Food Safety—A Survey in Greece

Agriculture
2022-01-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos B. Simoglou; Emmanouil Roditakis
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Investigating Resistance to Emamectin Benzoate in the Tomato Borer Tuta Absoluta

2021-08-23 | Other
Contributors: Emmanouil Roditakis; Marianna Stavrakaki; Aris Ilias; Panagiotis Ioannidis; John Vontas
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Hylotelephium spectabile, a New Host for Carnation Tortrix Moth (Cacoecimorpha pronubana) and Molecular Characterization in Greece

Insects
2021-03-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Konstantinos B. Simoglou; Dimitrios N. Avtzis; Joaquín Baixeras; Ioanna Sarigkoli; Emmanouil Roditakis
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Insecticide resistance in the tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta: patterns, spread, mechanisms, management and outlook

Journal of Pest Science
2019-09-31 | Journal article
Contributors: R. N. C. Guedes; E. Roditakis; M. R. Campos; K. Haddi; P. Bielza; H. A. A. Siqueira; A. Tsagkarakou; J. Vontas; R. Nauen
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The evolution of multiple-insecticide resistance in UK populations of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta

Pest Management Science
2019-02-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Charles Grant; Rob Jacobson; Aris Ilias; Madeleine Berger; Pablo Bielza; Christoph T Zimmer; Martin S. Williamson; Richard H. ffrench-Constant; John Vontas; Emmanouil Roditakis et al.
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Molecular characterization of pyrethroid resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Nena Pavlidi; Anastasia Kampouraki; Vasilis Tseliou; Nicky Wybouw; Wannes Dermauw; Emmanouil Roditakis; Ralf Nauen; Thomas Van Leeuwen; John Vontas
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A four-year survey on insecticide resistance and likelihood of chemical control failure for tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta in the European/Asian region

Journal of Pest Science
2018-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Emmanouil Roditakis; Emmanouil Vasakis; Lidia García-Vidal; María del Rosario Martínez-Aguirre; Jean Luc Rison; Marie Odile Haxaire-Lutun; Ralf Nauen; Anastasia Tsagkarakou; Pablo Bielza
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Investigation of the contribution of RyR target-site mutations in diamide resistance by CRISPR/Cas9 genome modification in Drosophila

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2017 | Journal article
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Flupyradifurone effectively manages whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and tomato yellow leaf curl virus in tomato

Pest Management Science
2017-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Emmanouil Roditakis; Marianna Stavrakaki; Maria Grispou; Aikaterini Achimastou; Xavier Van Waetermeulen; Ralf Nauen; Anastasia Tsagkarakou
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Identification and detection of indoxacarb resistance mutations in the para sodium channel of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta

Pest Management Science
2017-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Emmanouil Roditakis; Konstantinos Mavridis; Maria Riga; Emmanouil Vasakis; Evangelia Morou; Jean Luc Rison; John Vontas
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Ryanodine receptor point mutations confer diamide insecticide resistance in tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Emmanouil Roditakis; Denise Steinbach; Gerald Moritz; Emmanouil Vasakis; Marianna Stavrakaki; Aris Ilias; Lidia García-Vidal; María del Rosario Martínez-Aguirre; Pablo Bielza; Evangelia Morou et al.
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Is Bactra bactrana (Kennel, 1901) a novel pest of sweet peppers?

Bulletin of Entomological Research
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84951293592

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Morin, S.; Baixeras, J.
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Development of a lateral flow test to detect metabolic resistance in Bemisia tabaci mediated by CYP6CM1, a cytochrome P450 with broad spectrum catalytic efficiency

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930380543

Contributors: Nauen, R.; Wölfel, K.; Lueke, B.; Myridakis, A.; Tsakireli, D.; Roditakis, E.; Tsagkarakou, A.; Stephanou, E.; Vontas, J.
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First report of Tuta absoluta resistance to diamide insecticides

Journal of Pest Science
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928404793

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Vasakis, E.; Grispou, M.; Stavrakaki, M.; Nauen, R.; Gravouil, M.; Bassi, A.
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Transcription analysis of neonicotinoid resistance in Mediterranean (MED) populations of B. tabaci reveal novel cytochrome P450s, but no nAChR mutations associated with the phenotype

BMC Genomics
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947053272

Contributors: Ilias, A.; Lagnel, J.; Kapantaidaki, D.E.; Roditakis, E.; Tsigenopoulos, C.S.; Vontas, J.; Tsagkarakou, A.
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Activity of flonicamid on the sweet potato whitely Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and its natural enemies

Pest Management Science
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925246177

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Fytrou, N.; Staurakaki, M.; Vontas, J.; Tsagkarakou, A.
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Insights: The first international whitefly symposium

Pest Management Science
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925147337

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Tsagkarakou, A.; Vontas, J.
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Determination of baseline susceptibility of European populations of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) to indoxacarb and chlorantraniliprole using a novel dip bioassay method

Pest Management Science
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84872804234

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Skarmoutsou, C.; Staurakaki, M.; del Rosario Martínez-Aguirre, M.; García-Vidal, L.; Bielza, P.; Haddi, K.; Rapisarda, C.; Rison, J.-L.; Bassi, A. et al.
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Toxicity of insecticides to populations of tomato borer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) from Greece

Pest Management Science
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84879101492

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Skarmoutsou, C.; Staurakaki, M.
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Efficacy of ketoenols on insecticide resistant field populations of two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci from Greece

Crop Protection
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84867210991

Contributors: Ilias, A.; Roditakis, E.; Grispou, M.; Nauen, R.; Vontas, J.; Tsagkarakou, A.
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Euzophera bigella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Dasineura oleae (F. Low) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): Emerging olive crop pests in the Mediterranean?

Journal of Pest Science
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84860727587

Contributors: Simoglou, K.B.; Karataraki, A.; Roditakis, N.E.; Roditakis, E.
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Assessment of the Bemisia tabaci CYP6CM1vQ transcript and protein levels in laboratory and field-derived imidacloprid-resistant insects and cross-metabolism potential of the recombinant enzyme

Insect Science
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78751632113

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Morou, E.; Tsagkarakou, A.; Riga, M.; Nauen, R.; Paine, M.; Morin, S.; Vontas, J.
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Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci from Cyprus

Insect Science
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78751639477

Contributors: Vassiliou, V.; Emmanouilidou, M.; Perrakis, A.; Morou, E.; Vontas, J.; Tsagkarakou, A.; Roditakis, E.
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Current status of the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta in Greece

EPPO Bulletin
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77951211835

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Papachristos, D.; Roditakis, N.E.
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Current status of insecticide resistance in Q biotype Bemisia tabaci populations from Crete

Pest Management Science
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-62549166712

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Grispou, M.; Morou, E.; Kristoffersen, J.B.; Roditakis, N.; Nauen, R.; Vontas, J.; Tsagkarakou, A.
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Molecular diagnostics for detecting pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance mutations in the Q biotype of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67349160705

Contributors: Tsagkarakou, A.; Nikou, D.; Roditakis, E.; Sharvit, M.; Morin, S.; Vontas, J.
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Effects of Lecanicillium longisporum infection on the behaviour of the green peach aphid Myzus persicae

Journal of Insect Physiology
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-38149139295

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Couzin, I.D.; Franks, N.R.; Charnley, A.K.
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Extensive damage on white variety table grapes by the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) in Crete

EPPO Bulletin
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-47249132122

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Tsagkarakou, A.; Roditakis, N.E.
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First record of Phytomyza gymnostoma Loew (Diptera: Agromyzidae) a leaf mining pest of leeks in Greece

EPPO Bulletin
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-55949094329

Contributors: Simoglou, K.B.; Roditakis, E.; Martinez, M.; Roditakis, N.E.
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Over-expression of cytochrome P450 CYP6CM1 is associated with high resistance to imidacloprid in the B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-44249107828

Contributors: Karunker, I.; Benting, J.; Lueke, B.; Ponge, T.; Nauen, R.; Roditakis, E.; Vontas, J.; Gorman, K.; Denholm, I.; Morin, S.
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Assessment of the damage potential of three thrips species on white variety table grapes-In vitro experiments

Crop Protection
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33846461304

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Roditakis, N.E.
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Identification of mutations in the para sodium channel of Bemisia tabaci from Crete, associated with resistance to pyrethroids

Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33744922670

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Tsagkarakou, A.; Vontas, J.
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NOTE: First record in Crete of Hercinothrips femoralis in greenhouse banana plantations

Phytoparasitica
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33750897171

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Mound, L.A.; Roditakis, N.E.
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Note: First record of Galeruca tanaceti in organic Origanum vulgare in Crete

Phytoparasitica
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33750924582

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Roditakis, N.E.
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Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) populations from Crete

Pest Management Science
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-19944398445

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Roditakis, N.E.; Tsagkarakou, A.
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Improving secondary pick up of insect fungal pathogen conidia by manipulating host behaviour

Annals of Applied Biology
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034447713

Contributors: Roditakis, E.; Couzin, I.D.; Balrow, K.; Franks, N.R.; Charnley, A.K.
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Peer review (12 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Ecotoxicology. (2)
Review activity for International journal of tropical insect science. (2)
Review activity for Journal of pest science. (8)