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    John Vontas

    IMBB Group Leader (Professor, Agr. Pharmacology)

    Some of the most acute challenges that the world faces now and in the foreseeable future are caused by insecticide resistant arthropods that seriously threaten human health and food security. Research in my laboratory focusses on the molecular analysis of the mechanisms by which insects develop resistance to insecticides, aiming to develop means of managing and overcoming this resistance. Our approaches include, classical bioassays, omic analyses and genetic / reverse genetic studies, to identify genes and mutations associated with resistance. Advanced molecular diagnostics are developed, and used to measure resistance dynamics and evolution in major disease vectors and agricultural pests. Inhibitors of detoxification enzymes for novel insecticide formulations capable to tackle resistance are developed in collaboration with the Industry. Finally, we explore biotechnology based approaches to identify and characterize novel molecular targets for the control of insect pests and mosquitoes.

    Nauen R, Bass C, Feyereisen R, Vontas J. (2022) The Role of Cytochrome P450s in Insect Toxicology and Resistance. Annu Rev Entomol. 67:105-124.

    Vlogiannitis S, Mavridis K, Dermauw W, Snoeck S, Katsavou E, Morou E, Harizanis P, Swevers L, Hemingway J, Feyereisen R, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2021) Reduced proinsecticide activation by cytochrome P450 confers coumaphos resistance in the major bee parasite Varroa destructor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 118:e2020380118.

    Ingham VA, Anthousi A, Douris V, Harding NJ, Lycett G, Morris M, Vontas J, Ranson H. (2020) A sensory appendage protein protects malaria vectors from pyrethroids. Nature. 577:376-380.

    Vontas J, Grigoraki L, Morgan J, Tsakireli D, Fuseini G, Segura L, Niemczura de Carvahlo J, Nguema R, Weetman D, Slotman MA, Hemingway J. (2018) Rapid selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by operational malaria control activities. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115:4619-4624.

    Balabanidou V, Kampouraki A, MacLean M, Blomquist GJ, Tittiger C, Juárez MP, Mijailovsky SJ, Chalepakis G, Anthousi A, Lynd A, Antoine S, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Lycett GJ, Vontas J. (2016) Cytochrome P450 associated with insecticide resistance catalyzes cuticular hydrocarbon production in Anopheles gambiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113:9268-9273.

    2025

    (268) Chen Y, Shi Y, Wang Z, An X, Wei S, Andronis C, Vontas J, Wang JJ, Niu J. (2025) dsRNAEngineer: a web-based tool of comprehensive dsRNA design for pest control. Trends Biotechnol. 8:S0167-7799(25)00002-2. DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.01.002. PMID: 39924355 (in press)

    (267) Vervaet L, Charamis J, Vandenhole M, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2025) Acaricide resistance mechanisms and host plant responses in the tomato specialist Aculops lycopersici. Pest Manag Sci. 81(2):946-958. DOI: 10.1002/ps.8499. PMID: 39473234

    2024

    (266) Balaska S, Khajehali J, Mavridis K, Akiner M, Papapostolou KM, Remadi L, Kioulos I, Miaoulis M, Fotakis EA, Chaskopoulou A, Vontas J. (2024) Development and application of species ID and insecticide resistance assays, for monitoring sand fly Leishmania vectors in the Mediterranean basin and in the Middle East. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 18(12):e0012408. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012408. PMID: 39625992

    (265) Traore MM, Junnila A, Traore SF, Doumbia S, Revay EE, Schlein Y, Yakovlev RV, Saldaitis A, Cui L, Petrányi G, Xue RD, Prozorov AM, Prozorova TA, Kone AS, Sogoba N, Diakite M, Vontas J, Beier JC, Müller GC. (2024) The efficacy of attractive targeted sugar baits in reducing malaria vector abundance in low-endemicity settings of northwest Mali. Malar J. 23(1):319. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-05098-4. PMID: 39443969

    (264) Tsakireli D, Vandenhole M, Spiros AP, Riga M, Balabanidou V, De Rouck S, Ray J, Zimmer C, Talmann L, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2024) The cytochrome P450 subfamilies CYP392A and CYP392D are key players in acaricide metabolism in Tetranychusurticae. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 204:106031. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2024.106031. PMID: 39277360

    (263) Bacot T, Haberkorn C, Guilliet J, Cattel J, Kefi M, Nadalin L, Filee J, Boyer F, Gaude T, Laporte F, Tutagata J, Vontas J. (2024) A genomic duplication spanning multiple P450s contributes to insecticide resistance in the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti. Peer Comm J. 4:e110. DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.497.

    (262) Charamis J, Balaska S, Ioannidis P, Dvořák V, Mavridis K, Ann McDowell M, Pavlidis P, Feyereisen R, Volf P, Vontas J. (2024) Comparative genomics uncovers the evolutionary dynamics of detoxification and insecticide target genes across 11 phlebotomine sand flies. Genome Biol Evol. 3:evae186. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae186. PMID: 39224065

    (261) Sakka MK, Jagadeesan R, Baliota GV, Nayak MK, Vontas J, Athanassiou CG. (2024) High concentrations of piperonyl butoxide (PBO) enhance toxicity of S-methoprene against the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 31(39):51344-51352. DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-34442-z. PMID: 39110286

    (260) Superti-Furga G, Agostinho M, Bury J, Cook S, Durinx C, Ender A, van Luenen H, Lund AH, Medema RH, Miączyńska M, Nickel D, Pelicci PG, Puisieux A, Ripatti S, Sander M, Schubeler D, Serrano L, Sommer T, Sonne-Hansen K, Tomančák P, Vives J, Vontas J, Bettencourt-Dias M. (2024) EU-LIFE charter of independent life science research institutes. FEBS Lett. 598(7):719-724. DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14855. PMID: 38514456

    (259) Ateutchia-Ngouanet S, Nanfack-Minkeu F, Mavridis K, Wanji S, Demanou M, Vontas J, Djouaka R. (2024) Monitoring Aedes populations for arboviruses, Wolbachia, insecticide resistance and its mechanisms in various agroecosystems in Benin. Acta Trop. 253:107178. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107178. PMID: 38461924

    (258) Paronyan L, Babayan L, Vardanyan H, Manucharyan A, Papapostolou KM, Balaska S, Vontas J, Mavridis K. (2024) Molecular monitoring of insecticide resistance in major disease vectors in Armenia. Parasit Vectors. 17(1):54. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-024-06139-2. PMID: 38321481

    (257) Albaz E, Katsavou E, Cagatay NS, Ioannidis P, Ilias A, Mylona K, Kremi K, Roditakis E, Guz N, Vontas J. (2024) Analysis of insecticide resistance and de novo transcriptome assem-bly of resistance associated genes in the European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Bull Entomol Res. 114(1):88-98. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485323000640. PMID: 38327090

    (256) Sakka MK, Mavridis K, Papapostolou KM, Riga M, Vontas J, Athanassiou CG. (2024) Development, application and evaluation of three novel TaqMan qPCR assays for phosphine resistance monitoring in major stored product pests Tribolium castaneum and Rhyzopertha dominica. Pest Manag Sci. 80: 275–281. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7755. PMID: 37671455

    (255) Kefi M, Konstantinos P, Balabanidou V, Sarafoglou C, Tsakireli D, Douris V, Monastirioti M, Maréchal JD, Feyereisen R, Vontas J. (2024) Insights into unique features of Drosophila CYP4G enzymes. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 164:104041. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.104041. PMID: 38008364

    (254) Vandenhole M, Lu X, Tsakireli D, Mermans C, De Rouck S, De Beer B, Simma E, Pergantis SA, Jonckheere W, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2024) Contrasting roles of cytochrome P450s in amitraz and chlorfenapyr resistance in the crop pest Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 164:104039. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.104039. PMID: 37992878

    (253) Naalden D, Dermauw W, Ilias A, Baggerman G, Mastop M, Silven J, van Kleeff PJM, Dangol S, Gaertner NF, Roseboom W, Kwaaitaal M, Kramer G, van der Burg H, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T, Kant M, Schuurink R. (2024) Interaction of whitefly effector G4 with tomato proteins impacts whitefly performance. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 37(2):98-111. DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-04-23-0045-R. PMID: 38051229

    (252) Katsavou E, Sarafoglou C, Balabanidou V, Skoufa E, Nauen R, Linka M, Geibel S, Denecke S, Vontas J. (2024) Characterisation of lepidopteran geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase as a putative pesticide target. Insect Mol Biol. 33(2):147-156. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12885. PMID: 37962063

    2023

    (251) Grigoraki L, Nauen R, Ranson H, Lycett G, Vontas J. (2023) Genetic modification tools in mosquitoes revolutionize our ability to functionally analyze insecticide resistance. Entomologia Generalis, 43(3):505–514. DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/1897.

    (250) Meng LW, Yuan GR, Chen ML, Zheng LS, Dou W, Peng Y, Bai WJ, Li ZY, Vontas J, Wang JJ. Cuticular competing endogenous RNAs regulate insecticide penetration and resistance in a major agricultural pest. BMC Biol. 21(1):187. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01694-z. PMID: 37667263

    (249) Kefi M, Balabanidou V, Sarafoglou C, Charamis J, Lycett G, Ranson H, Gouridis G, Vontas J. ABCH2 transporter mediates deltamethrin uptake and toxicity in the malaria vector Anopheles coluzzii. PLoS Pathog. 19(8):e1011226. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011226. PMID: 37585450

    (248) Woyessa D, Morou E, Wipf N, Dada N, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Yewhalaw D. Species composition, infection rate and detection of resistant alleles in Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Lare, a malaria hotspot district of Ethiopia. Malar J. 22(1):233. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04667-3. PMID: 37573300

    (247) Kouadio FA, Wipf NC, Nygble AS, Fodjo BK, Sadia CG, Vontas J, Mavridis K, Müller P, Mouhamadou CS. Relationship between insecticide resistance profiles in Anopheles gambiae sensu lato and agricultural practices in Côte d'Ivoire. Parasit Vectors. 16(1):270. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-023-05876-0. PMID: 37559080

    (246) Grant C, Singh KS, Hayward A, Hunt BJ, Troczka BJ, Pym A, Ahn SJ, Zeng B, Gao CF, Leroux A, Daum E, Süess P, Souza D, Elias J, Ffrench-Constant RH, Vontas J, Roditakis E, Bielza P, Zimmer CT, Bass C. Overexpression of the UDP-glycosyltransferase UGT34A23 confers resistance to the diamide insecticide chlorantraniliprole in the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta. (2023) Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 159:103983. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103983. PMID: 37380137

    (245) Njiru C, Saalwaechter C, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Geibel S, Wybouw N, Van Leeuwen T. (2023) The complex II resistance mutation H258Y in succinate dehydrogenase subunit B causes fitness penalties associated with mitochondrial respiratory deficiency. Pest Manag Sci. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7640. PMID: 37394630

    (244) Labbé F, Abdeladhim M, Abrudan J, Araki AS, Araujo RN, Arensburger P, Benoit JB, Brazil RP, Bruno RV, Bueno da Silva Rivas G, Carvalho de Abreu V, Charamis J, Coutinho-Abreu IV, da Costa-Latgé SG, Darby A, Dillon VM, Emrich SJ, Fernandez-Medina D, Figueiredo Gontijo N, Flanley CM, Gatherer D, Genta FA, Gesing S, Giraldo-Calderón GI, Gomes B, Aguiar ERGR, Hamilton JGC, Hamarsheh O, Hawksworth M, Hendershot JM, Hickner PV, Imler JL, Ioannidis P, Jennings EC, Kamhawi S, Karageorgiou C, Kennedy RC, Krueger A, Latorre-Estivalis JM, Ligoxygakis P, Meireles-Filho ACA, Minx P, Miranda JC, Montague MJ, Nowling RJ, Oliveira F, Ortigão-Farias J, Pavan MG, Horacio Pereira M, Nobrega Pitaluga A, Proveti Olmo R, Ramalho-Ortigao M, Ribeiro JMC, Rosendale AJ, Sant'Anna MRV, Scherer SE, Secundino NFC, Shoue DA, da Silva Moraes C, Gesto JSM, Souza NA, Syed Z, Tadros S, Teles-de-Freitas R, Telleria EL, Tomlinson C, Traub-Csekö YM, Marques JT, Tu Z, Unger MF, Valenzuela J, Ferreira FV, de Oliveira KPV, Vigoder FM, Vontas J, Wang L, Weedall GD, Zhioua E, Richards S, Warren WC, Waterhouse RM, Dillon RJ, McDowell MA. (2023) Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 17(4):e0010862. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010862. PMID: 37043542

    (243) Lu X, Vandenhole M, Tsakireli D, Pergantis SA, Vontas J, Jonckheere W, Van Leeuwen T. (2023) Increased metabolism in combination with the novel cytochrome b target-site mutation L258F confers cross-resistance between the Qo inhibitors acequinocyl and bifenazate in Tetranychus urticae. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 192:105411. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105411. PMID: 37105638

    (242) Panteleri R, Anthousi A, Denecke S, Boaventura D, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2023) Transgenic Drosophila to Functionally Validate Fall Armyworm ABCC2 Mutations Conferring Bt Resistance. Toxins. 15(6):386. DOI: 10.3390/toxins15060386.

    (241) Benelli G, Lucchi A, Anfora G, Bagnoli B, Botton M, Campos-Herrera R, Carlos C, Daugherty MP, Gemeno C, Harari AR, Hoffmann C, Ioriatti C, López Plantey RJ, Reineke A, Ricciardi R, Roditakis E, Simmons GS, Tay WT, Torres-Vila LM, Vontas J, Thiéry D. (2023) European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana Part II: Prevention and management. Entomol. Gen. DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/1947.

    (240) Benelli G, Lucchi A, Anfora G, Bagnoli B, Botton M, Campos-Herrera R, Carlos C, Daugherty MP, Gemeno C, Harari AR, Hoffmann C, Ioriatti C, López Plantey RJ, Reineke A, Ricciardi R, Roditakis E, Simmons GS, Tay WT, Torres-Vila LM, Vontas J, Thiéry D. (2023) European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana Part I: Biology and ecology. Entomol. Gen. DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/1837.

    (239) Pym A, Mina JGM, Troczka BJ, Hayward A, Daum E, Elias J, Slater R, Vontas J, Bass C, Zimmer CT. (2023) A single point mutation in the Bemisia tabaci cytochrome-P450 CYP6CM1 causes enhanced resistance to neonicotinoids. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 27:103934. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2023.103934. PMID: 36990247

    (238) Kampouraki A, Tsakireli D, Koidou V, Stavrakaki M, Kaili S, Livadaras I, Grigoraki L, Ioannidis P, Roditakis E, Vontas J. (2023) Functional characterization of cytochrome P450s associated with pyrethroid resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 191:105374. DOI: 110.1016/j.pestbp.2023.105374. PMID: 36963943

    (237) Mavridis K, Ilias A, Papapostolou KM, Varikou K, Michaelidou K, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J. (2023) Molecular diagnostics for monitoring insecticide resistance in the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Pest Manag Sci. 79(4):1615-1622. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7336. PMID: 36562265

    (236) Darif N, Vogelsang K, Vorgia E, Schneider D, Deligianni E, Geibel S, Vontas J, Denecke S. (2023) Cell penetrating peptides are versatile tools for enhancing multimodal uptake into cells from pest insects. Pest Biochem Phys. 190:105317 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105317. PMID: 36740333

    (235) Balaska S, Calzolari M, Grisendi A, Scremin M, Dottori M, Mavridis K, Bellini R, Vontas J. (2023) Monitoring of insecticide resistance mutations and pathogen circulation in sand flies from Emilia-Romagna, a leishmaniasis endemic region of northern Italy. Viruses. 15(1):148 DOI: 10.3390/v15010148. PMID: 36680189

    (234) Zeng B, Chen FR, Liu YT, Guo D, Zhang YJ, Feng ZR, Wang LX, Vontas J, Wu SF, Zhu KY, Gao CF. (2023) A chitin synthase mutation confers widespread resistance to buprofezin, a chitin synthesis inhibitor, in the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. J Pest Sci. 96:819-832. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-022-01538-9.

    2022

    (233) Lucchesi V, Grimaldi L, Mastrantonio V, Porretta D, Di Bella L, Ruspandini T, Di Salvo ML, Vontas J, Bellini R, Negri A, Epis S, Caccia S, Bandi C, Urbanelli S. (2022) Cuticle modifications and over-expression of the chitin-synthase gene in diflubenzuron-resistant phenotype. Insects. 13(12):1109. DOI: 10.3390/insects13121109. PMID: 36555019

    (232) Kala-Chouakeu NA, Ndjeunia-Mbiakop P, Ngangue-Siewe IN, Mavridis K, Balabanidou V, Bamou R, Maxim Bindamu M, Talipouo A, Djamouko-Djonkam L, Mbida-Mbida JA, Tombi J, Vontas J, Tchuinkam T, Antonio-Nkondjio C. (2022) Pyrethroid resistance situation across different eco-epidemiological settings in Cameroon. Molecules. 27(19):6343. DOI: 10.3390/molecules27196343. PMID: 36234887

    (231) Ngangue-Siewe IN, Ndjeunia-Mbiakop P, Kala-Chouakeu NA, Bamou R, Talipouo A, Djamouko-Djonkam L, Vontas J, Mavridis K, Tombi J, Tchuinkam T, Mbida-Mbida JA, Antonio-Nkondjio C. (2022) Bendiocarb and malathion resistance in two major malaria vector populations in Cameroon is associated with high frequency of the G119S mutation (Ace-1) and overexpression of detoxification genes. Pathogens. 11(8):824. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11080824. PMID: 35894047

    (230) Mavridis Κ, Papapostolou ΚΜ, Ilias Α, Michaelidou Κ, Stavrakaki M, Roditakis M, Tsagkarakou A, Bass C, Vontas J. (2022) Next-generation molecular diagnostics (TaqMan qPCR and ddPCR) for monitoring insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Pest Manag Sci. 78(11):4994-5001. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7122. PMID: 36054028

    (229) Samantsidis GR, Fotiadou M, Tzavellas S, Geibel S, Nauen R, Swevers L, Denecke S, Vontas J. (2022) Functional characterization of putative ecdysone transporters in lepidopteran pests. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 151:103830. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103830. PMID: 36064128

    (228) Denecke S, Luong HNB, Koidou V, Kalogeridi M, Socratous R, Howe S, Vogelsang K, Nauen R, Batterham P, Geibel S, Vontas J. (2022) Characterization of a novel pesticide transporter and P-glycoprotein orthologues in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Biol Sci. 289: 20220625. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0625. PMID: 35582794

    (227) Xue W, Lu X, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Jonckheere W, Van Leeuwen T. (2022) The H92R substitution in PSST is a reliable diagnostic biomarker for predicting resistance to Mitochondrial Electron Transport Inhibitors of complex I in European populations of Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci. 78: 3644-3653. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7007. PMID: 35613098

    (226) Siden-Kiamos I, Koidou V, Livadaras I, Skoufa E, Papadogiorgaki S, Papadakis S, Chalepakis G, Ioannidis P, Vontas J. (2022) Dynamic interactions between the symbiont Candidatus drwinia dacicola and its olive fruit fly host Bactrocera oleae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 146:103793. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103793.

    (225) Tadatsu M, Sakashita R, Panteleri R, Douris V, Vontas J, Shimotsuma Y, Ishida T, Sudo M, Van Leeuwen T, Osakabe M. (2022) A mutation in chitin synthase I associated with etoxazole resistance in the citrus red mite Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae) and its uneven geo-graphic distribution in Japan. Pest Manag Sci. 78(10):4028-4036. DOI: 10.1002/ps.7021.. PMID: 35639971

    (224) Parsons GJI, Lees RS, Balaska S, Vontas J. (2022) A practical insecticide resistance monitoring bioassay for orally ingested dinotefuran in Anopheles malaria vectors. Insects. 13(4):311. DOI: 10.3390/insects13040311.

    (223) Malandrakis AA, Krasagakis N, Kavroulakis N, Ilias A, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J, Markakis E. (2022) Fungicide resistance frequencies of Botrytis cinerea greenhouse isolates and molecular detection of a novel SDHI resistance mutation. Pest Biochem Phys. 183:105058. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105058. PMID: 35430062

    (222) Fotakis EA, Mavridis K, Kampouraki A, Balaska S, Tanti F, Vlachos G, Gewehr S, Mourelatos S, Papadakis A, Kavalou M, Nikolakakis D, Moisaki M, Kampanis N, Loumpounis M, Vontas J. Mosquito population structure, pathogen surveillance and insecticide resistance monitoring in urban regions of Crete, Greece. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 16(2):e0010186. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010186. PMID: 35176020

    (221) Wipf NC, Duchemin W, Kouadio FA, Fodjo BK, Sadia CG, Mouhamadou CS, Vavassori L, Mäser P, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Müller P. Multi-insecticide resistant malaria vectors in the field remain susceptible to malathion, despite the presence of Ace1 point mutations. PLoS Genet. 18(2):e1009963. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009963. PMID: 35143477

    (220) Luong HNB, Kalogeridi M, Vontas J, Denecke S. (2022) Using tissue specific P450 expression in Drosophila melanogaster larvae to understand the spatial distribution of pesticide metabolism in feeding assays. Insect Mol Biol. 31(3):369-376. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12765. PMID: 35118729

    (219) Samantsidis GR, Denecke S, Swevers L, Skavdis G, Geibel S, Vontas J. (2022) Identification of Helicoverpa armigera promoters for biotechnological applications. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 142:103725. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103725. PMID: 35093501

    (218) Katsavou E, Riga M, Ioannidis P, King R, Zimmer CT, Vontas J. (2022) Functionally characterized arthropod pest and pollinator cytochrome P450s associated with xenobiotic metabolism. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 181:105005. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2021.105005. PMID: 35082029

    (217) Ioannidis P, Buer B, Ilias A, Kaforou S, Aivaliotis M, Orfanoudaki G, Douris V, Geibel S, Vontas J, Denecke S. (2022) A spatiotemporal atlas of the lepidopteran pest Helicoverpa armigera midgut provides insights into nutrient processing and pH regulation. BMC Genomics. 23(1):75. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-08274-x. PMID: 35073840

    (216) Papapostolou KM, Riga M, Samantsidis GR, Skoufa E, Balabanidou V, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2022) Over-expression in cis of the midgut P450 CYP392A16 contributes to abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 142:103709. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103709. PMID: 34995778

    (215) Porretta D, Mastrantonio V, Lucchesi V, Bellini R, Vontas J, Urbanelli S. (2022) Historical samples reveal a combined role of agriculture and public health applications in vector resistance to insecticides. Pest Manag Sci. 78(4):1567-1572. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6775. PMID: 34984788

    (214) Nauen R, Bass C, Feyereisen R, Vontas J. (2022) The Role of Cytochrome P450s in Insect Toxicology and Resistance. Annu Rev Entomol. 67:105-124. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-070621-061328. PMID: 34590892

    2021

    (213) Denecke S, Rankic I, Driva O, Kalsi M, Luong NBH, Buer B, Nauen R, Geibel S, Vontas J. (2021) Comparative and functional genomics of the ABC transporter superfamily across arthro-pods. BMC Genomics. 22:553. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07861-2. PMID: 34281528

    (212) Fotakis EA, Orfanos M, Kouleris T, Stamatelopoulos P, Tsiropoulos Z, Kampouraki A, Kioulos I, Mavridis K, Chaskopoulou A, Koliopoulos G, Vontas J. (2021) VectorMap-GR: A local scale operational management tool for entomological monitoring, to support vector control activities in Greece and the Mediterranean Basin. Curr Res Parasitol Vector Borne Dis. 1:100053. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpvbd.2021.100053. PMID: 35284881

    (211) Kefi M, Charamis J, Balabanidou V, Ioannidis P, Ranson H, Ingham VA, Vontas J. (2021) Transcriptomic analysis of resistance and short-term induction response to pyrethroids, in Anopheles coluzzii legs. BMC Genomics. 22(1):891. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-08205-w. PMID: 34903168

    (210) Troczka BJ, Singh KS, Zimmer CT, Vontas J, Nauen R, Hayward A, Bass C. (2021) Molecular innovations underlying resistance to nicotine and neonicotinoids in the aphid Myzus persicae. Pest Manag Sci. 77(12):5311-5320. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6558. PMID: 34270160

    (209) Stavrakaki M, Ilias A, Ioannidis P, Vontas J, Roditakis E. (2021) Investigating mechanisms associated with emamectin benzoate resistance in the tomato borer Tuta absoluta. J Pest Sci. 95:1163-1177. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-021-01448-2.

    (208) Vlogiannitis S, Jonckheere W, Laget D, de Graaf DC, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. Pyrethroid target‑site resistance mutations in populations of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) from Flanders, Belgium. Exp. Appl. Acarol. 85:205-221. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-021-00665-9. PMID: 34676469

    (207) Luong HNB, Damijonaitis A, Nauen R, Vontas J, Horstmann S. (2021) Assessing the anti-resistance potential of public health vaporizer formulations and insecticide mixtures with pyre-throids using transgenic Drosophila lines. Parasit Vectors. 14(1):495. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-04997-8. PMID: 34676469

    (206) Piameu M, Nwane P, Toussile W, Mavridis K, Wipf NC, Kouadio PF, Mbakop LR, Mandeng S, Ekoko WE, Toto JC, Ngaffo KL, Ngo Etounde PK, Ngantchou AT, Chouaibou M, Müller P, Awono-Ambene P, Vontas J, Etang J. (2021) Pyrethroid and Etofenprox Resistance in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii from Vegetable Farms in Yaoundé, Cameroon: Dynamics, Intensity and Molecular Basis. Molecules. 26(18):5543. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26185543. PMID: 34577014

    (205) Papadimitriou F, Folia M, Ilias A , Papapetrou P, Roditakis E, Bass C, Vontas J, Margaritopou-los JT. Flupyradifurone resistance in Myzus persicae populations from peach and tobacco in Greece. Pest Manag Sci. 78: 304–312. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6637. PMID: 34498376

    (204) Mavridis Κ, Papapostolou ΚΜ, Riga Μ, Ilias Α, Michaelidou Κ, Bass C, Van Leeuwen T, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J. (2021) Multiple TaqMan qPCR and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) diagnostics for pesticide resistance monitoring and management, in the major agricultural pest Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci. 78: 263–273. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6632. PMID: 34480408

    (203) Mastrantonio V, Porretta D, Lucchesi V, Güz N, Çagatay NS, Bellini R, Vontas J, Urbanelli S. (2021) Evolution of Adaptive Variation in the Mosquito Culex pipiens: Multiple Independent Origins of Insecticide Resistance Mutations. Insects. 12:676. DOI: 10.3390/insects12080676. PMID: 34442242

    (202) Balaska S, Fotakis EA, Chaskopoulou A, Vontas J. (2021) Chemical control and insecticide resistance status of sand fly vectors worldwide. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 15(8):e0009586. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009586. PMID: 34383751

    (201) Mavridis K, Michaelidou K, Vontas J. (2021) Highly sensitive droplet digital PCR-based diagnostics for the surveillance of malaria vector populations in low transmission and incipient resistance settings. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 21(10):1105-1114. DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2021.1963234. PMID: 34328051

    (200) Singh KS, Cordeiro EMG, Troczka BJ, Pym A, Mackisack J, Mathers TC, Duarte A, Legeai F, Robin S, Bielza P, Burrack HJ, Charaabi K, Denholm I, Figueroa CC, Ffrench-Constant RH, Jander G, Margaritopoulos JT, Mazzoni E, Nauen R, Ramírez CC, Ren G, Stepanyan I, Umina PA, Voronova NV, Vontas J, Williamson MS, Wilson ACC, Xi-Wu G, Youn YN, Zimmer CT, Simon JC, Hayward A, Bass C. (2021) Global patterns in genomic diversity underpinning the evolution of insecticide resistance in the aphid crop pest Myzus persicae. Commun Biol. 4(1):847. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02373-x. PMID: 34234279

    (199) Fotoukkiaii SM, Wybouw N, Kurlovs A, Tsakireli D., Pergantis SA., Clark RM, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T (2021) High-resolution genetic mapping reveals cis-regulatory and copy number variation in loci associated with cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in a generalist arthropod pest. Plos Genet. 17(6): e1009422. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009422. PMID: 34153029

    (198) İnak E, Özdemir E, Atış AE, Randa Zelyüt F, İnak A, Demir Ü, Roditakis E, Vontas J. (2021) Population structure and insecticide resistance status of Tuta absoluta populations from Turkey. Pest Manag Sci. 77:4741-4748. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6516. PMID: 34151488

    (197) Djiappi-Tchamen B, Nana-Ndjangwo MS, Mavridis K, Talipouo A, Nchoutpouen E, Makoudjou I, Bamou R, Paul Mayi AM, Awono-Ambene P, Tchuinkam T, Vontas J, Antonio-Nkondjio C. (2021) Analyses of Insecticide Resistance Genes in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Mosquito Populations from Cameroon. Genes (Basel). 12(6):828. DOI: 10.3390/genes12060828. PMID: 34071214

    (196) Sene NM, Mavridis K, Ndiaye EH, Diagne CT, Gaye A, Ngom EHM, Ba Y, Diallo DJ, Vontas J, Dia I, Diallo M. (2021) Insecticide resistance status and mechanisms in Aedes aegypti popu-lations from Senegal. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 15(5):e0009393. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009393. PMID: 33970904

    (195) Diarra RA, Traore MM, Junnila A, Traore SF, Doumbia S, Revay EE, Kravchenko VD, Schlein Y, Arheart KL, Gergely P, Hausmann A, Beck R, Xue RD, Prozorov AM, Kone AS, Majam-bere S, Vontas J, Beier JC, Müller GC. (2021) Testing confgurations of attractive toxic sugar bait (ATSB) stations in Mali, West Africa, for improving the control of malaria parasite transmission by vector mosquitoes and minimizing their effect on non-target insects. Malar J. 20:184. DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03704-3. PMID: 33853632

    (194) Talipouo A, Mavridis K, Nchoutpouen E, Djiappi-Tchamen B, Fotakis EA, Kopya E, Bamou R, Kekeunou S, Awono-Ambene P, Balabanidou V, Balaska S, Wondji CS, Vontas J, Antonio-Nkondjio C. (2021) High insecticide resistance mediated by different mechanisms in Culex quinquefasciatus populations from the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Sci. Reports. 11:7322. DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-86850-7. PMID: 33795804

    (193) Livadaras I, Koidou V, Pitsili E, Moustaka J, Vontas J, Siden-Kiamos I. (2021) Stably inherited transfer of the bacterial symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola from wild olive fruit flies Bactrocera oleae to a laboratory strain. Bull Entomol Res. 5:1–6. DOI:10.1017/S0007485321000031. PMID: 33541447

    (192) Vlogiannitis S, Mavridis K, Dermauw W, Snoeck S, Katsavou E, Morou E, Harizanis P, Swevers L, Hemingway J, Feyereisen R, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2021) Reduced proinsecticide activation by cytochrome P450 confers coumaphos resistance in the major bee parasite Varroa destructor. PNAS. 118(6):e2020380118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020380118. PMID: 33547243

    (191) Sakka MK, Riga M, Ioannidis P, Baliota GV, Tselika M, Jagadeesan R, Nayak MK, Vontas J, Athanassiou CJ. (2021) Transcriptomic analysis of s-methoprene resistance in the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica, and evaluation of piperonyl butoxide as a resistance breaker. BMC Genomics. 22(1):65. DOI:10.1186/s12864-020-07354-8. PMID: 33472593

    (190) Nauen R, Zimmer C, Vontas J. (2021) Heterologous expression of insect P450 enzymes that metabolize xenobiotics. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 43:78-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.10.011. PMID: 33186746

    (189) Vorgia E, Lamprousi M, Denecke S, Vogelsang K, Geibel S, Vontas J, Douris V. (2021) Functional characterization and transcriptomic profiling of a spheroid-forming midgut cell line from Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 128:103510. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103510.. PMID: 33276037

    (188) Swevers L, Denecke S, Vogelsang K, Geibel S, Vontas J. (2021) Can the mammalian organoid technology be applied to the insect gut? Pest Manag Sci. 77:55-63. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6067. PMID: 32865304

    (187) Papapostolou KM, Riga M, Charamis J, Skoufa E, Souchlas V, Ilias A, Dermauw W, Ioannidis P, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2021) Identification and characterization of striking multiple-insecticide resistance in a Tetranychus urticae field population from Greece. Pest Manag Sci. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6136. PMID: 33051974

    (186) Xue W, Mermans C, Papapostolou KM, Lamprousi M, Christou IK, Inak E, Douris V, Vontas J, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2021) Untangling a Gordian knot: the role of a GluCl3 I321T mutation in abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci. 77(4):1581-1593. DOI: 10.1002/ps.6215. PMID: 33283957

    2020

    (185) Hin S, Baumgartner D, Specht M, Lüddecke J, Arjmand EM, Johannsen B, Schiedel L, Rombach M, Paust N, von Stetten F, Zengerle R, Wipf N, Müller P, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Mitsakakis K. (2020) VectorDisk: A microfluidic platform integrating diagnostic markers for evidence-based mosquito control. Processes. 8(12): 1-16. DOI: 10.3390/pr8121677

    (184) Riga M, Ilias A, Vontas J, Douris V. (2020) Co-expression of a homologous cytochrome P450 reductase is required for in vivo validation of the Tetranychus urticae CYP392A16-based abamectin resistance in Drosophila. Insects. 11(12):1-12. DOI: 10.3390/insects11120829. PMID: 33255521

    (183) Vontas J, Katsavou E, Mavridis K. (2020) Cytochrome P450-based metabolic insecticide resistance in Anopheles and Aedes mosquito vectors: Muddying the waters. Pest Biochem Phys. 170:104666. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104666. PMID: 32980073

    (182) McLeman Α, Troczka BJ, Homem RA, Duarte A, Zimmer C, Garrood WT, Pym A, Beadle K, Reid RJ, Douris V, Vontas J, Davies TGE, Constant RE, Nauen R, Bass C. (2020) Fly-Tox: A panel of transgenic flies expressing pest and pollinator cytochrome P450s. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 169:104674. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104674. PMID: 32828379

    (181) Denecke SM, Driva O, Luong HNB, Ioannidis P, Linka M, Nauen R, Geibel S, Vontas J. (2020) The identification and evolutionary trends of the solute carrier superfamily in Arthropods. Genome Biol Evol. 12(8):1429-1439. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa153. PMID: 32681801

    (180) Balaska S, Fotakis EA, Kioulos I, Grigoraki L, Mpellou S, Chaskopoulou A, Vontas J. (2020) Bioassay and molecular monitoring of insecticide resistance status in Aedes albopictus populations from Greece, to support evidence-based vector control. Parasit Vectors. 13(1):328. DOI: 10.1186/s13071-020-04204-0. PMID: 32600453

    (179) Douris V, Denecke S, Van Leeuwen T, Bass C, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2020) Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome modification to understand the genetic basis of insecticide resistance: Drosophila and beyond. Pest Biochem Phys. 167:104595. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104595. PMID: 32527434

    (178) Samantsidis GR, Panteleri R, Denecke S, Kounadi S, Christou I, Nauen R, Douris V, Vontas J. (2020) 'What I cannot create, I do not understand': Functionally validated synergism of metabolic and target site insecticide resistance. Proc Biol Sci. 287(1927):20200838. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0838. PMID:32453986

    (177) Singh KS, Troczka BJ, Duarte A, Balabanidou V, Trissi N, Carabajal Paladino LZ, Nguyen P, Zimmer CT, Papapostolou KM, Randall E, Lueke B, Marec F, Mazzoni E, Williamson MS, Hayward A, Nauen R, Vontas J, Bass C. (2020) The genetic architecture of a host shift: An adaptive walk protected an aphid and its endosymbiont from plant chemical defenses. Sci. Adv. 6(19): eaba1070. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1070 PMID:32494720

    (176) Van Leeuwen T, Dermauw W, Mavridis K, Vontas J. (2020) Significance and interpretation of molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance management of agricultural pests. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 39:69-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.03.006. PMID:32361620

    (175) Fotakis EA, Mastrantonio V, Grigoraki L, Porretta D, Puggioli A, Chaskopoulou A, Osório H, Weill M, Bellini R, Urbanelli S, Vontas J. (2020) Identification and detection of a novel point mutation in the Chitin Synthase gene of Culex pipiens associated with diflubenzuron resistance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 14(5):e0008284. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008284. PMID:32357192

    (174) Lueke B, Douris V, Hopkinson JE, Maiwald F, Hertlein G, Papapostolou KM, Bielza P, Tsagkarakou A, Van Leeuwen T, Bass C, Vontas J, Nauen R. (2020) Identification and functional characterization of a novel acetylCoA carboxylase mutation associated with ketoenol resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Pest Biochem Phys. 166:104583 DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104583 PMID:32448413

    (173) Fotakis EA, Giantsis IA, Castells Sierra J, Tanti F, Balaska S, Mavridis K, Kourtidis S, Vontas J, Chaskopoulou A. (2020) Population dynamics, pathogen detection and insecticide resistance of mosquito and sand fly in refugee camps, Greece. Infect Dis. Poverty. 9(1):30. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-0635-4. PMID:32183909

    (172) Silva R, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Rodrigues A, Osorio H. (2020) Monitoring and molecular profiling of contemporary insecticide resistance status of malaria vectors in Guinea-Bissau. Acta Trop. 206:105440. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105440. PMID:32156617

    (171) Lynd A, Balabanidou V, Grosman R, Maas J, Lian LY, Vontas J, Lycett GJ (2020) Development of a functional genetic tool for Anopheles gambiae oenocyte characterisation: application to cuticular hydrocarbon synthesis. DOI:10.1101/742619 (in press)

    (170) Koidou V, Denecke S, Ioannidis P, Vlatakis I, Livadaras I, Vontas J. (2020) Efficient genome editing in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae. Insect Mol Biol. 29(4):363-372. DOI: 10.1111/imb.12640. PMID: 32141659

    (169) Wei P, Demaeght P, De Schutter K, Grigoraki L, Labropoulou V, Riga M, Vontas J, Nauen R, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2020) Overexpression of an alternative allele of carboxyl/choline esterase 4 (CCE04) of Tetranychus urticae is associated with high levels of resistance to the keto-enol acaricide pirodiclofen. Pest Manag Sci. 76(3):1142-1153. DOI: 10.1002/ps.5627. PMID: 31583806

    (168) Traore MM, Junnila A, Traore SF, Doumbia S, Revay EE, Kravchenko VD, Schlein Y, Arheart KL, Gergely P, Xue RD, Hausmann A, Beck R, Prozorov A, Diarra RA, Kone AS, Majambere S, Bradley J, Vontas J, Beier JC, Müller GC. (2020) Large-scale field trial of attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) for the control of malaria vector mosquitoes in Mali, West Africa. Malar J. 19(1):72. DOI:10.1186/s12936-020-3132-0. PMID: 32059671

    (167) Denecke S, Ioannidis P, Buer I, Ilias A, Douris V, Topalis P, Nauen R, Geibel S, Vontas J. (2020) A transcriptomic and proteomic atlas of expression in the Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) midgut suggests the compartmentalization of xenobiotic metabolism and nutrient digestion. BMC Genomics. 21(1):129. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-6459-6. PMID: 32028881

    (166) Alavijeh ES, Khajehali J, Snoeck S, Panteleri R, Ghadamyari M, Jonckheere W, Bajda S, Saalwaechter C, Geibel S, Douris V, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T, Dermauw W. (2020) Molecular and genetic analysis of resistance to METI-I acaricides in Iranian populations of the citrus red mite Panonychus citri. Pest Biochem Physiol. 164:73-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.12.009 PMID:32284140

    (165) Blow F, Gioti A, Goodhead IB, Kalyva M, Kampouraki A, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2020) Functional genomics of a symbiotic community: shared traits in the olive fruit fly gut microbiota. Genome Biol Evol. 12(2):3778-3791. DOI:10.1101/590489. PMID: 31830246

    (164) Katsavou Ε, Vlogiannitis S, Karp-Tatham E, Blake DP, Ilias A, Strube C, Kioulos I, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2020) Identification and geographical distribution of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae. Pest Manag Sci. 76(1):125-133. DOI:10.1002/ps.5582. PMID:31400055

    (163) Riga M, Denecke S, Livadaras I, Geibel S, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2020) Development of efficient RNAi in Nezara viridula for use in insecticide target discovery. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol. 103(3):e21650. DOI: 10.1002/arch.21650. PMID: 31833096

    (162) Ingham VA, Anthousi A, Douris V, Harding NJ, Lycett G, Morris M, Vontas J, Ranson H. (2020) A sensory appendage protein protects malaria vectors from pyrethroids. Nature. 577(7790):376-380. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1864-1. PMID: 31875852

    (161) Dermauw W, Jonckheere W, Riga M, Livadaras I, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2020) Targeted mutagenesis using CRISPR-Cas9 in the chelicerate herbivore Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 120:103347 DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103347. PMID: 32114158

    2019

    (160) Guz N, Cagatay NS, Fotakis EA, Durmusoglu E, Vontas J. (2019) Detection of diflubenzuron and pyrethroid resistance mutations in Culex pipiens from Muğla, Turkey. Acta Trop. 10:105294. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.105294. PMID: 31836282

    (159) Dusfour I, Vontas J, David JP, Weetman D, Fonseca DM, Corbel V, Raghavendra K, Coulibaly MB, Martins AJ, Kasai S, Chandre F. (2019) Management of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses: Advances and challenges. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 13(10): e0007615. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007615. PMID:31600206

    (158) Bamou R, Sonhafouo-Chiana N, Mavridis K, Tchuinkam T, Wondji CS, Vontas J, Antonio-Nkondjio C. (2019) Status of insecticide resistance and its mechanisms in Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles coluzzii populations from forest settings in South Cameroon. Genes. 10(10):741. DOI:10.3390/genes10100741. PMID:31554225

    (157) Vontas J, Mavridis K. (2019) Vector population monitoring tools for insecticide resistance management: Myth or fact? Pest Biochem Physiol. 161:54-60. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.08.005. PMID: 31685197

    (156) Wybouw N, Kurlovs AH, Greenhalgh R, Bryon A, Kosterlitz O, Manabe Y, Osakabe M, Vontas J, Clark RM, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Convergent evolution of cytochrome P450s underlies independent origins of keto-carotenoid pigmentation in animals. Proc R Soc B. 286(1907):20191039. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.1039. PMID: 31311468

    (155) Balabanidou V, Kefi M, Aivaliotis M, Koidou V, Girotti JR, Mijailovsky SJ, Juárez MP, Papadogiorgaki E, Chalepakis G, Kampouraki A, Nikolaou C, Ranson H, Vontas J. (2019) Mosquitoes cloak their legs to resist insecticides. Proc R Soc B. 286(1907):20191091. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2019.1091. PMID: 31311476

    (154) Corbel V, Durot C, Achee NL, Chandre F, Coulibaly MB, David JP, Devine GJ, Dusfour I, Fonseca DM, Griego J, Juntarajumnong W, Lenhart A, Kasai S, Martins AJ, Moyes Ng CC, Pinto J, Pompon JF, Muller P, Raghavendra K, Roiz D, Vatandoost H, Vontas J, Weetman D. (2019) Second WIN International Conference on “Integrated approaches and innovative tools for combating insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses”. Parasit Vector. 12:331. DOI:10.1186/s13071-019-3591-8. PMID: 31269996

    (153) Tossou E, Tepa-Yotto G, Kpindou OKD, Sandeu R, Datinon B, Zeukeng F, Akoton R, Tchigossou GM, Djègbè I, Vontas J, Martin T, Wondji C, Tamò M, Bokonon-Ganta AH, Djouaka R. (2019) Susceptibility Profiles of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to deltamethrin reveal a contrast between the northern and the southern Benin. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 16(11): E1882. DOI:10.3390/ijerph16111882 PMID: 31142024

    (152) Kefi M, Balabanidou V, Douris V, Lycett G, Feyereisen R, Vontas J. (2019) Two functionally distinct CYP4G genes of Anopheles gambiae contribute to cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 110:52-59. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.018 PMID: 31051237

    (151) Tsakireli D, Riga M, Kounadi S, Douris V, Vontas J. (2019) Functional characterization of CYP6A51, a cytochrome P450 associated with pyrethroid resistance in the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata. Pest Biochem Physiol. 157:196-203. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.03.022. PMID: 31153469

    (150) Snoeck S, Pavlidi N, Pipini D, Vontas J, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Substrate specificity and promiscuity of horizontally transferred UDP-glucosyltransferases in the generalist herbivore Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 109:116-127. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.010. PMID: 30978500

    (149) Porretta D, Fotakis EA, Mastrantonio V, Chaskopoulou A, Michaelakis A, Kioulos I, Weill M, Urbanelli S, Vontas J, Bellini R. (2019) Focal distribution of diflubenzuron resistance mutations in Culex pipiens mosquitoes from Northern Italy. Acta Trop. 193:106-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.02.024. PMID: 30825446

    (148) Grant C, Jacobson R, Ilias A, Berger M, Bielza P, Zimmer CT, Williamson MS, French-Constant RH, Vontas J, Roditakis E, Bass C. (2019) The evolution of multiple-insecticide resistance in UK populations of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta. Pest Manag Sci. 75(8):2079-2085. DOI: 10.1002/ps.5381. PMID: 30785238

    (147) Pichler V, Malandruccolo C, Paola S, Bellini R, Severini F, Toma L, Di Luca M, Montarsi F, Ballardini M, Manica M, Petrarca V, Vontas J, Kasai S, Della Torre A, Caputo B. (2019) Phenotypic and genotypic pyrethroid resistance of Aedes albopictus, with focus on the 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Italy. Pest Manag Sci. 75(10): 2642-2651. DOI: 10.1002/ps.5369. PMID: 30729706

    (146) Guedes RNC, Roditakis E, Campos MR Haddi K, Bielza P, H. Siqueira HAA, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J, Nauen R. (2019) Insecticide resistance in the tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta: patterns, spread, mechanisms, management and outlook. J Pest Sci. 92:1329-1342. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-019-01086-9

    (145) Fotakis EA, Giantsis IA, Avgerinou A, Kourtidis S, Agathaggelidou E, Kapoula C, Dadakou G, Vontas J, Chaskopoulou A. (2019) Identification of Leishmania species in naturally infected sand flies from refugee camps, Greece. Emerg Infect Dis. 25(2):361-364. DOI: 10.3201/eid2502.181359. PMID: 30346269

    (144) Mavridis Κ, Wipf Ν, Medves S, Erquiaga I, Müller P, Vontas J. (2019) Rapid multiplex gene expression assays for monitoring metabolic resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Parasit Vector. 12(1):9 DOI:10.1186/s13071-018-3253-2. PMID:30612581

    (143) Achee NL, Grieco JP, Vatandoost H, Seixas G, Pinto J, Ching-NG L, Martins AJ, Juntarajumnong W, Corbel V, Gouagna C, David JP, Logan JG, Orsborne J, Marois E, Devine GJ, Vontas J (2019) Alternative strategies for mosquito-borne arbovirus control. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.13(1): e0006822. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0006822. PMID:30605475 (correction: DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0007275. PMID:30913223)

    (142) Samantsidis G, O'Reilly AO, Douris V, Vontas J. (2019) Functional validation of target-site resistance mutations against sodium channel blocker insecticides (SCBIs) via molecular modeling and genome engineering in Drosophila. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 104:73-081. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.12.008. PMID:30572019

    (141) Simma EA, Dermauw W, Balabanidou V, Snoeck S, Bryon A, Clark RM, Yewhalaw D, Vontas J, Duchateau L, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Genome-wide gene expression profiling reveals that cuticle alterations and P450 detoxification are associated with pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles arabiensis populations from Ethiopia. Pest Manag. Sci. 75(5):1808-1818. DOI: 10.1101/451336 PMID: 30740870

    2018

    (140) Walsh TK, Jouβen N, Tian KT, McGaughran A, Anderson CJ, Qiu X, Ahn SJ, Bird L, Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Ryu J, Rasool A, Barony Macedo I, Tay WT, Zhang YJ, Whitehouse M, Sylvie P, Downes S, Nemec L, Heckel DH. (2018). Multiple recombination events between two cytochrome P450 loci contribute to global pyrethroid resistance in Helicoverpa armigera. PLoSONE 13(11):e0197760. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197760 PMID:30383872

    (139) Denecke S, Swevers L, Douris V,Vontas J. (2018). How do oral insecticidal compounds cross the insect midgut epithelium? Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 130:22-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.10.005. PMID: 30366055

    (138) Bempelou ED, Vontas JG, Liapis KS, Ziogas NV. (2018). Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos and 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol by the epiphytic yeasts Rhodotorula glutinis and Rhodotorula rubra. Ecotoxicology. 27(10):1368-1378. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-018-1992-7 PMID:30343485

    (137) Mavridis K, Wipf N, Müller P, Traorè MM, Muller G, Vontas J. (2018) Detection and monitoring of insecticide resistance mutations in Anopheles gambiae: individual vs. pooled specimens. Genes. 9(10):E479. DOI:10.3390/genes9100479. PMID: 30282959

    (136) Vontas J, Grigoraki L, Morgan J, Tsakireli D, Fuseini G, Segura L, Niemczura de Carvahlo J, Nguema R, Weetman D, Slotman MA, Hemingway J. (2018) Rapid selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by operational malaria control activities. PNAS. 115(18):4619-4624. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1719663115. PMID: 29674455

    (135) Fotakis EA, Giantsis IA, Demir S, Vontas JG, Chaskopoulou A. (2018) Detection of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the major leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus papatasi. J Med. Entomol. 55(5): 1225-1230. DOI:10.1093/jme/tjy066. PMID: 29912381

    (134) Çağatay NS, Riga M, Vontas J, Çevik B, Ay R. (2018) Biochemical and molecular characterizations of cypermethrin resistance in laboratory-selected cypermethrin-resistant strains of Tetranychus urticae Koch. (Acari: Tetranychidae). Int J Acarol. 44(6): 262-267. DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2018.1500641.

    (133) Çağatay NS, Menault P, Riga M, Vontas J, Ay R. (2018) Identification and characterization of abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae Koch strains from greenhouses in Turkey. Crop Prot. 112:112-117. DOI:10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.016.

    (132) Kampouraki A, Stavrakaki M, Karataraki A, Katsikogiannis G, Pitika E, Varikou K, Vlachaki A, Chrysargyris A, Malandraki E, Sidiropoulos N, Paraskevopoulos A, Gilpathi D, Roditakis E, Vontas J. (2018) Recent evolution and operational impact of insecticide resistance in olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae populations from Greece. J Pest Sci. 91(4):1429-1439. DOI:10.1007/s10340-018-1007-8.

    (131) Pavlidi N, Kampouraki A, Tseliou V, Wybouw N, Dermauw W, Roditakis E, Nauen R, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2018) Molecular characterization of pyrethroid resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 148: 1-7 DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.03.011. PMID: 29891359

    (130) Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2018) The role of glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in insecticide resistance in crop pests and disease vectors. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 27:97-102. DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2018.04.007 PMID:30025642

    (129) Bajda S, Riga M, Wybouw N, Papadaki S, Ouranou E, Fotoukkiaii SM, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2018) Fitness costs of key point mutations that underlie acaricide target-site resistance in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Evol Appl. 11(9): 1540-1553. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/eva.12643 PMID:30344626

    (128) Balabanidou V, Grigoraki L, Vontas J. (2018) Insect cuticle: a critical determinant of insecticide resistance. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 27:68-74. DOI:10.1016/j.cois.2018.03.001 PMID:30025637

    (127) Voudouris CC, Mavridis K, Kalaitzaki A, Skouras PJ, Kati AN, Eliopoulos PA, Vontas J, Margaritopoulos JT. (2018) Susceptibility of Ceratitis capitata to deltamethrin and spinosad in Greece. J Pest Sci. 91(2): 861-871. DOI:10.1007/s10340-017-0913-5

    (126) Mavridis K, Fotakis EA, Kioulos I, Mpellou S, Konstantas S, Varela E, Gewehr S, Diamantopoulos V, Vontas J. (2018) Detection of West Nile Virus - Lineage 2 in Culex pipiens 1 mosquitoes, associated with disease outbreak in Greece. Acta Trop. 182:64-68. DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.02.024. PMID: 29474832

    (125) Pichler V, Bellini R, Veronesi R, Arnoldi D, Rizzoli A, Lia RP, Otranto D, Montarsi F, Carlin S, Ballardini M, Antognini E, Salvemini M, Brianti E, Gaglio G, Manica M, Cobre P, Serini P, Velo E, Vontas J, Kioulos I, Pinto J, della Torre A, Caputo B. (2018) First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations after 26 years after invasion. Pest Manag Sci. 74(6): 1319-1327. DOI:10.1002/ps.4840. PMID: 29278457

    (124) Pignatelli P, Ingham VA, Balabanidou V, Vontas J, Lycett G, Ranson H. (2018) The Anopheles gambiae ATP-binding cassette transporter family: phylogenetic analysis and tissue localization provide clues on function and role in insecticide resistance. Insect Mol Biol. 27(1):110-122. DOI:10.1111/imb.12351. PMID: 29068552

    (123) Kefi M, Mavridis K, Simões ML, Dimopoulos G, Siden-Kiamos I, Vontas J. (2018) New rapid one-step PCR diagnostic assay for Plasmodium falciparum infective mosquitoes. Sci Rep. 8(1):1462. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-19780-6. PMID: 29362379

    (122) Kapantaidaki DE, Sadikoglou E, Tsakireli D, Kampanis V, Stavrakaki M, Schorn C, Ilias A, Riga M, Tsiamis G, Nauen R, Skavdis G, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2018) Insecticide resistance in Trialeurodes vaporariorum populations and novel diagnostics for kdr mutations. Pest Manag Sci. 74(1):59-69. DOI:10.1002/ps.4674. PMID: 28734106

    (121) Mitsakakis K, Hin S, Müller P, Wipf N, Thomsen E, Coleman M, Zengerle R, Vontas J, Mavridis K. (2018) Converging human and malaria vector diagnostics with data management towards an integrated holistic One Health approach. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 15(2):259. DOI:10.3390/ijerph15020259. PMID: 29401670

    2017

    (120) Yahouédo GA, Chandre F, Rossignol M, Ginibre C, Balabanidou V, Garcia Albeniz Mendez N, Pigeon O, Vontas J, Cornelie S. (2017) Contributions of cuticle permeability and enzyme detoxification to pyrethroid resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Sci Rep 7:11091. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-11357-z. PMID: 28894186 (correction: DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-24094-8. PMID: 29643452 )

    (119) Alemayehu E, Asale A, Eba K, Getahun K, Tushune K, Bryon A, Morou E, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T, Duchateau L, Yewhalaw D. (2017) Mapping insecticide resistance and characterization of resistance mechanisms in Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ethiopia. Parasit Vector. 10(1):407. DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-2342-y. PMID: 28865490

    (118) Grigoraki L, Puggioli A, Mavridis K, Douris V, Montanari M, Bellini R, Vontas J. (2017). Striking diflubenzuron resistance in Culex pipiens, the prime vector of West Nile Virus. Sci Rep. 7(1):11699. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-12103-1. PMID: 28916816 (correction: DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-23059-1. PMID: 29650973)

    (117) Corbel V, Fonseca DM, Weetman D, Pinto J, Achee NL, Chandre F, Coulibaly MB, Dusfour I, Grieco J, Juntarajumnong W, Lenhart A, Martins AJ, Moyes C, Lee Ching Ng, Raghavendra K, Vatandoost H, Vontas J, Muller P, Kasai S, Fouque F, Velayudhan R, Durot C, David JP. (2016) International workshop on insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses. Parasit Vectors. 10(1):278. DOI:10.1186/s13071-017-2224-3. PMID: 28577363

    (116) Seixas G, Grigoraki L, Weetman D, Vicente JL, Silva AC, Pinto J, Vontas J, Sousa CA. (2017) Insecticide resistance is mediated by multiple mechanisms in a recently introduced Aedes aegypti population from Madeira Island (Portugal). PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(7):e0005799. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005799. PMID: 28742096

    (115) Riga M, Bajda S, Themistokleous C, Papadaki S, Palzewicz M, Dermauw W, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2017) The relative contribution of target-site mutations in complex acaricide resistant phenotypes as assessed by marker assisted backcrossing in Tetranychus urticae. Sci Rep. 7(1):9202. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-09054-y. PMID: 28835683

    (114) Moyes C, Vontas J, Martins AJ, Ng LC, Koou SY, Dusfour I, Raghavendra K, Pinto J, Corbel V, David JP, Weetman D. (2017) Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans. PloS Negl Trop Dis. 11(7): e0005625. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005625. PMID: 28727779 (correction: DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009084, PMID: 33465099)

    (113) Douris V, Papapostolou KM, Ilias A, Roditakis E, Kounadi S, Riga M, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2017) Investigation of the contribution of RyR target-site mutations in diamide resistance by CRISPR/Cas9 genome modification in Drosophila. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 87:127-135. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2017.06.013. PMID: 28669775

    (112) Santos-Matos G, Wybouw N, Martins NE, Zélé F, Riga M, Leitão AB, Vontas J, Grbić M, Van Leeuwen T, Magalhães S, Sucena É. (2017) Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria. Proc Biol C. 284:20170401. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0401. PMID: 28592670

    (111) Bryon A, Kurlovs AH, Dermauw W, Greenhalgh R, Riga M, Grbić M, Tirry L, Osakabe M, Vontas J, Clark RM, Van Leeuwen T.(2017) Disruption of a horizontally transferred phytoene desaturase abolishes carotenoid accumulation and diapause in Tetranychus urticae. PNAS. 114(29): E5871-5880. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1706865114. PMID: 28674017

    (110) Fotakis EA, Chaskopoulou A, Grigoraki L, Tsiamantas A, Kounadi S, Georgiou L, Vontas J. (2017) Analysis of population structure and insecticide resistance in mosquitoes of the genus Culex, Anopheles and Aedes from different environments of Greece with a history of mosquito borne disease transmission. Acta Trop. 174:29-37. DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.06.005. PMID: 28606820

    (109) Grigoraki L, Pipini D, Labbé P, Chaskopoulou A, Weill M, Vontas J. (2017) Carboxylesterase gene amplifications associated with insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus: Geographical distribution and evolutionary origin. PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 11(4):e0005533. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005533. PMID: 28394886

    (108) Blow F, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2017) Draft Genome Sequence of Chryseobacterium Strain CBo1 Isolated from Bactrocera oleae. Genome Announc. 5(18):e00177-17. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00177-17. PMID: 28473371

    (107) Roditakis E, Mavridis K, Riga M, Vasakis E, Morou E, Rison J, Vontas J. (2017) Identification and detection of indoxacarb resistance mutations in the para sodium channel of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta. Pest Manag Sci. 73(8):1679-1688. DOI: 10.1002/ps.4513. PMID: 28019074

    (106) Pavlidi N, Mousaalreza K, Myridakis A, Dermauw W, Wybouw N, Tsakireli D, Stephanou EG, Labrou NE, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2017) A glutathione-S-transferase (TuGSTd05) associated with acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae directly metabolizes the complex II inhibitor cyflumetofen. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 80:101-115, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.12.003. PMID: 27932274

    (105) Roditakis E, Steinbach D, Moritz G, Vasakis E, Stavrakaki M, Ilias A, Vidal LG, Martínez-Aguirre MDR, Bielza P, Morou E, Silva JE, Silva WM, Siqueira Η, Iqbal S, Troczka BJ, Williamson M, Bass C, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J, Nauen R. (2017) Ryanodine receptor point mutations confer diamide insecticide resistance in tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 80:11-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.11.003. PMID: 27845250

    (104) Bajda S, Dermauw W, Panteleri R, Sugimoto N, Douris V, Tirry L, Osakabe M, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2017) A mutation in the PSST homologue of complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) from Tetranychus urticae is associated with resistance to METI acaricides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 80:79-90. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.11.010. PMID: 27919778

    (103) Pavlidi N, Gioti A, Wybouw N, Dermauw W, Ben-Yosef M, Yuval B, Jurkevich E, Kampouraki A, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2017) Transcriptomic responses of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae and its symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola to olive feeding. Sci Rep. 7:42633 DOI: 10.1038/srep42633. PMID: 28225009

    (102) Longdon B, Day JP, Schulz N, Leftwich PT, de Jong MA, Breuker CJ, Gibbs M, Obbard DJ, Wilfert L, Smith SCL, McGonigle JE, Houslay TM, Wright LI, Livraghi L, Evans LC, Friend LA, Chapman T, Vontas J, Kambouraki N, Jiggins FM. (2017) Vertically transmitted rhabdoviruses are found across three insect families and have dynamic interactions with their hosts. Proc Biol C. 284:20162381. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2016.2381. PMID: 28100819

    (101) Ilias A, Vassiliou V, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2017) Molecular diagnostics for detecting pyrethroid and abamectin resistance mutations in Tetranychus urticae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 135:9-14. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2016.07.004. PMID: 28043338

    2016

    (100) Douris V, Steinbach D, Panteleri R, Livadaras I, Pickett JA, Van Leeuwen T, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2016) Resistance mutation conserved between insects and mites unravels the benzoylurea insecticide mode of action on chitin biosynthesis. PNAS. 113(51):14692-14697. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1618258113. PMID: 27930336

    (99) Corbel V, Achee ΝL, Chandre F, Coulibaly MB, Dusfour I, Fonseca DM, Grieco J, Juntarajumnong W, Lenhart A, Martins AJ, Moyes C, Ng LC, Pinto J, Raghavendra K, Vatandoost H, Vontas J, Weetman D, Fouque F, Velayudhan R, David JP. (2016) Tracking Insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors of Arboviruses: The Worldwide Insecticide resistance Network (WIN). PLOS Negl Trop Dis. 10(12):e0005054. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005054. PMID: 27906961

    (98) Vontas J, Mitsakakis K, Zengerle R, Yewhalaw D, Sikaala CH, Etang J, Fallani M, Carman B, Müller P, Chouaïbou M, Coleman M, Coleman M. (2016). Automated innovative diagnostic, data management and communication tool, for improving malaria vector control in endemic settings. Stud Health Technol Inform. 224:54-60. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-653-8-54. PMID: 27225553

    (97) Stilianakis NI, Syrris V, Petroliagkis T, Pärt P, Gewehr S, Kalaitzopoulou S, Mourelatos S, Baka A, Pervanidou D, Vontas J, Hadjichristodoulou C. (2016) Identification of climatic factors affecting the epidemiology of human west nile virus infections in northern Greece. PLoS One. 11(9):e0161510. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0161510. PMID: 27631082

    (96) Grigoraki L, Balabanidou V, Pipini D, Strati F, Vontas J. (2016) Analysis of Insecticide Resistance in Mosquito Disease Vectors: From Molecular Mechanisms to Management - Arthropod-borne Infectious Diseases and Arthropods as Disease Agents. Nova Act Lc. 411:165-171

    (95) Balabanidou V, Kampouraki A, MacLean M, Blomquist GJ, Tittiger C, Juarez MP, Mijailovsky SJ, Chalepakis G, Anthousi A, Lynd A, Antoine S, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Lycett GJ, Vontas J. (2016) Cytochrome P450 associated with insecticide resistance catalyzes cuticular hydrocarbon production in Anopheles gambiae. PNAS. 113(33):9268-9273. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1608295113 PMID: 27439866.

    (94) Grigoraki L, Balabanidou V, Meristoudis C, Miridakis A, Ranson H, Swevers L, Vontas J. (2016) Functional and immunohistochemical characterization of CCEae3a, a carboxylesterase associated with temephos resistance in the major arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 74:61-67. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2016.05.007. PMID: 27180726

    (93) Blow F, Gioti A, Starns D, Ben-Yosef M, Pasternak Z, Jurkevitch E, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2016) Draft genome sequence of the Bactrocera oleae symbiont “Candidatus Erwinia dacicola”. Genome Announc. 4(5):e00896-16. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00896-16Genome. PMID: 27634990

    (92) Blow F, Vontas J, Darby AC. (2016) Draft Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SBo1 isolated from Bactrocera oleae. Genome Announc. DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00905-16 Genome. 4(5):e00905-16. PMID: 27660769

    2015

    (91) Chen X, Jiang X, Gu J, Xu M, Wu Y, Deng Y, Zhang C, Bonizzoni M, Dermauw W, Vontas J, Armbruster P, Huang X, Yang Y, Hao Z, He W, Peng H, Liu Y, Wu K, Chen J, Lirakis M, Topalis P, Van Leeuwen T, Hall AB, Jiang X, Thorpe C, Mueller RL, Sun C, Waterhouse RM, Yan G, Tu ZJ, Fang X, James AA. (2015) Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics and evolution. PNAS. 112(44):E5907-E5915. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1516410112. PMID: 26483478

    (90) Riga M, Myridakis A, Tsakireli D, Morou E, Stephanou EG, Nauen R, Van Leeuwen T, Douris V, Vontas J. (2015) Functional characterization of the Tetranychus urticae CYP392A11, a cytochrome P450 that hydroxylates the METI acaricides cyenopyrafen and fenpyroximate. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 65:91-99. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.09.004. PMID: 26363294

    (89) Jones CM, Papanicolaou A, Mironidis GK, Vontas J, Yang Y, Lim KS, Oakeshott JG, Bass C, Chapman JW. (2015) Genomewide transcriptional signatures of migratory flight activity in a globally invasive insect pest. Mol Ecol. 24(19):4901-4911. DOI:10.1111/mec.13362. PMID: 26331997

    (88) Ilias A, Lagnel J, Kapantaidaki D, Roditakis E, Tsigenopoulos C, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2015) 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. 16:939. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2161-5. PMID: 26573457

    (87) Halon E, Eakteiman G, Moshitzky P, Elbaz M, Alon M, Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Morin S. (2015) Only a minority of broad-range detoxification genes respond to a variety of phytotoxins in generalist Bemisia tabaci species. Sci Rep. 10(5):17975. DOI:10.1038/srep17975. PMID: 26655836

    (86) Grigoraki L, Lagnel J, Kioulos I, Kampouraki A, Morou E, Labbé P, Weill M, Vontas J. (2015) Transcriptome Profiling and Genetic Study Reveal Amplified Carboxylesterase Genes Implicated in Temephos Resistance, in the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 9(5):e0003771. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003771. PMID: 26000638

    (85) AlSuhaibani E, Voudouris CC, Al-Atiyat R, Kotzamumin A, Vontas J, Margaritopoulos JT. (2015) Identification of a point mutation in the ace1 gene of Therioaphis trifolli maculata and detection of insecticide resistance by a diagnostic PCR-RFLP assay. Bull Entomol Res. 105(6):712-716. DOI:10.1017/S0007485315000668. PMID: 26278202

    (84) Nauen R, Wölfel K, Lueke B, Myridakis A, Tsakireli D, Roditakis E, Tsagkarakou A, Stephanou E, Vontas J. (2015). Development of a lateral flow test to detect metabolic resistance in Bemisia tabaci mediated by CYP6CM1, a cytochrome P450 with broad spectrum catalytic efficiency. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 121:3-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2014.12.023. PMID: 26047106

    (83) Pavlidi N, Tseliou V, Riga M, Nauen R, Van Leeuwen T, Labrou NE, Vontas J. (2015). Functional characterization of glutathione S-transferases associated with insecticide resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Pestic Biochem Physiol. 121:53-60. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2015.01.009. PMID: 26047112

    (82) Thawer NG, Ngondi JM, Mugalura FE, Emmanuel I, Mwalimu CD, Morou E, Vontas J, Protopopoff N, Rowland M, Mutagahywa J, Lalji S, Molteni F, Ramsan MM, Willilo R, Wright A, Kafuko JM, Ndong I, Reithinger R, Magesa SM. (2015) Use of Insecticide Quantification Kits to investigate the quality of spraying and decay rate of Bendiocarb on different wall surfaces in Kagera region, Tanzania. Parasit Vector. 8:242. DOI:10.1186/s13071-015-0859-5. PMID: 25896604

    (81) Neafsey DE, Waterhouse RM, Abai MR, ...Vontas J,..., Zwiebel L, Besansky N. (2015) Highly evolvable malaria vectors: The genomes of 16 Anopheles mosquitoes. Sci. 347(6217):1258522 DOI: 10.1126/science.1258522. PMID: 25554792

    2014

    (80) Leftwich PT, Koukidou M, Rempoulakis P, Gong HF, Zacharopoulou A, Fu G, Chapman T, Economopoulos A, Vontas J, Alphey L. (2014) Genetic elimination of field-cage populations of Mediterranean fruit flies. Proc Biol C. 281:20141372. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2014.1372. PMID: 25122230

    (79) Ingham VA, Jones CM, Pignatelli P, Balabanidou V, Vontas J, Wagstaff SC, Moore JD, Ranson H. (2014) Dissecting the organ specificity of insecticide resistance candidate genes in Anopheles gambiae: known and novel candidate genes. BMC Genomics. 15:1018. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1018. PMID: 25421852

    (78) Ilias A, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2014) Global distribution and origin of target site insecticide resistance mutations in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 48:17-28. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.02.006. PMID: 24602758

    (77) Kioulos I, Kampouraki A, Morou E, Skavdis G, Vontas J. (2014) Insecticide resistance status in the major West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens from Greece. Pest Manag Sci. 70(4):623-627. DOI:10.1002/ps.3595. PMID: 23788440

    (76) Riga M, Tsakireli D, Ilias A, Morou E, Myridakis A, Stephanou EG, Nauen R, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T, Paine M, Vontas J. (2014) Abamectin is metabolized by CYP392A16, a cytochrome P450 associated with high levels of acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 46:43-53. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.01.006. PMID: 24463358

    (75) Roditakis E, Fytrou N, Staurakaki M, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2014) Activity of flonicamid on the sweet potato whitely Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and its natural enemies. Pest Manag Sci. 70(10):1460-1467. DOI:10.1002/ps.3723. PMID: 24408346

    (74) Vontas J, Moore S, Kleinschmidt I, Ranson H, Lindsay S, Lengeler C, Hamon N, McLean T, Hemingway J. (2014) Framework for rapid assessment and adoption of new vector control tools. Trends Parasitol. 30(4):191-204. DOI:10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.005. PMID: 24657042

    2013

    (73) Bempelou ED, Vontas J, Liapis KS, Ziogas VN. (2013) Biodegradation of diazinon by the epiphytic yeasts Rhodotorula glutinis and Rhodotorula rubra. Hellenic Plant Prot J. 6(2):69-82. ISSN:1791-3691

    (72) Hemingway J, Vontas J, Poupardin R, Raman J, Lines J, Schwabe C, Matias A, Kleinschmidt I. (2013) Country-level operational implementation of the Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management. PNAS. 110(23):9397-9402. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1307656110. PMID: 23696658

    (71) Dermauw W, Wybouw N, Rombauts S, Menten B, Vontas J, Grbic M, Clark RM, Feyereisen R, Van Leeuwen T. (2013) A link between host plant adaptation and pesticide resistance in the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae. PNAS. 110(2):E113-E122. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1213214110. PMID: 23248300

    (70) Demaeght P, Dermauw W, Tsakireli D, Khajehali J, Nauen R, Tirry L, Vontas J, Lümmen P, Van Leeuwen T. (2013) Molecular analysis of resistance to acaricidal spirocyclic tetronic acids in Tetranychus urticae: CYP392E10 metabolizes spirodiclofen, but not its corresponding enol. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 43(6):544-554. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.03.007. PMID: 23523619

    (69) Gomes B, Kioulos Ε, Papa A, Almeida APG, Vontas J, Pinto J. (2013) Distribution and hybridization of Culex pipiens forms in Greece during the West Nile virus outbreak of 2010. Infect Genet Evol. 16:218-225. DOI:10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.006. PMID: 23466890

    (68) Mironidis GK, Kapantaidaki D, Bentila M, Morou E, Savopoulou-Soultani M, Vontas J. (2013) Resurgence of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in northern Greece associated with insecticide resistance. Insect Sci. 20(4):505-512. DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01528.x. PMID: 23955946

    (67) Morou E, Lirakis M, Pavlidi N, Zotti M, Nakagawa Y, Smagghe G, Vontas J, Swevers L. (2013) A new dibenzoylhydrazine with insecticidal activity against Anopheles mosquito larvae. Pest Manag Sci. 69(7):827-833. DOI:10.1002/ps.3441. PMID: 23208761

    (66) Nauen R, Vontas J, Kaussmann M, Wölfel K. (2013) Pymetrozine is hydroxylated by CYP6CM1, a cytochrome P450 conferring neonicotinoid resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Pest Manag Sci. 69(4):457-461. DOI:10.1002/ps.3460. PMID: 23325724

    (65) Papadakis G, Tsortos A, Kordas A, Tiniakou I, Morou E, Vontas J, Kardassis D, Gizeli E. (2013) Acoustic detection of DNA conformation in genetic assays combined with PCR. Sci Rep. 3:2033. DOI:10.1038/srep02033. PMID: 23778520

    (64) Pavlidi N, Dermauw W, Rombauts S, Chrisargiris A, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2013) Analysis of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae transcriptome and phylogenetic classification of the major detoxification gene families. PLoS One. 8:e66533 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0066533. PMID: 23824998

    2012

    (63) Ant T, Koukidou M, Rempoulakis P, Gong HF, Economopoulos A, Vontas J, Alphey L. (2012) Control of the olive fruit fly using genetics-enhanced sterile insect technique. BMC Biol.10:51. DOI:10.1186/1741-7007-10-51. PMID: 22713628

    (62) Bariami V, Jones CM, Poupardin R, Vontas J, Ranson H. (2012) Gene Amplification, ABC transporters and cytochrome P450s: Unraveling the molecular basis of pyrethroid resistance in the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti. Plos Negl Trop Dis. 6(6):e1692. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001692. PMID: 22720108

    (61) Dermauw W, Ilias A, Riga M, Tsagkarakou A, Grbic M, Tirry L. Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2012) The cys-loop ligand-gated ion channel gene family of Tetranychus urticae: Implications for acaricide toxicology and a novel mutation associated with abamectin resistance. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 42(7):455-465. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.03.002. PMID: 22465149

    (60) Doukas EG, Markoglou AN, Vontas JG, Ziogas BN. (2012) Effect of DMI-resistance mechanisms on cross-resistance patterns, fitness parameters and aflatoxin production in Aspergillus parasiticus Speare. Fungal Genet Biol. 49(10):792-801. DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.07.008. PMID: 22906850

    (59) Hsu JC, Feng HT, Wu WJ, Geib SM, Mao CH, Vontas J. (2012) Truncated transcripts of nicotinic acetylcholine subunit gene Bdα6 are associated with spinosad resistance in Bactrocera dorsalis. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 42(10):806-815. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.07.010. PMID: 22898623

    (58) Ilias A, Roditakis E, Grispou M, Nauen R, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2012) Efficacy of ketoenols on insecticide resistant field populations of two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci from Greece. Crop Prot. 42:305-311. DOI:10.1016/j.cropro.2012.07.024.

    (57) Kalajdzic P, Oehler S, Reczko M, Pavlidi N, Vontas J, Hatzigeorgiou AG, Savakis C. (2012) Use of mutagenesis, genetic mapping and next generation transcriptomics to investigate insecticide resistance mechanisms. PLoS One. 7(6):e40296. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0040296. PMID: 22768270

    (56) Pavlidi N, Monastirioti M, Daborn P, Livadaras I, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2012) Transgenic expression of the Aedes aegypti CYP9J28 confers pyrethroid resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Pestic Biochem Phys. 104(2):132-135. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2012.07.003.

    (55) Vontas J, Kioulos E, Pavlidi N, Morou E, della Torre A, Ranson H. (2012) Insecticide resistance in the major dengue vectors Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti. Pestic Biochem Phys. 104(2):126-131. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2012.05.008.

    (54) Wybouw N, Balabanidou V, Ballhorn DJ, Dermauw W, Grbic M, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2012) A horizontally transferred cyanase gene in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae is involved in cyanate metabolism and is differentially expressed upon host plant change. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 42(12):881-889. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.08.002. PMID: 22960016

    2011

    (53) Malandrakis AA, Markoglou AN, Nikou DC, Vontas JG, Ziogas BN. (2011) Molecular diagnostic for detecting the cytochrome b G143S-QoI resistance mutation in Cercospora beticola. Pestic Biochem Phys. 100(1):87-92. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2011.02.011

    (52) Roditakis E, Morou E, Tsagkarakou A, Riga M, Nauen R, Paine M, Morin S, Vontas J. (2011) 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 Sci. 18(1):23-29. DOI:10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01384.x.

    (51) Vassiliou V, Emmanouilidou M, Perrakis A, Morou E, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A, Roditakis E. (2011) Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci from Cyprus. Insect Sci. 18(1):30-39. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01387.x

    (50) Vontas J, Hernández-Crespo P, Margaritopoulos JT, Ortego F, Feng HT, Mathiopoulos KD, Hsu JC. (2011) Insecticide resistance in Tephritid flies. Pestic Biochem Phys. 100(3):199-205. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2011.04.004

    (49) Voudouris CC, Sauphanor B, Franck P, Reyes M, Mamuris Z, Tsitsipis JA, Vontas J, Margaritopoulos JT. (2011) Insecticide resistance status of the codling moth Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from Greece. Pestic Biochem Phys. 100(3):229-238. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2011.04.006

    2010

    (48) Bass C, Nikou D, Vontas J, Donnelly MJ, Williamson MS, Field LM. (2010) The Vector Population Monitoring Tool (VPMT): High-throughput DNA-based diagnostics for the monitoring of mosquito vector populations. Malaria Res Treat. ID:190434. DOI:10.4061/2010/190434. PMID: 22347668

    (47) Bass C, Nikou D, Vontas J, Williamson MS, Field LM. (2010) Development of high-throughput real-time PCR assays for the identification of insensitive acetylcholinesterase (ace-1(R)) in Anopheles gambiae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 96(2):80-85. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.09.004

    (46) Dowd AJ, Morou E, Steven A, Ismail HM, Labrou N, Hemingway J, Paine MJI, Vontas J. (2010) Development of a colourimetric pH assay for the quantification of pyrethroids based on glutathione-S-transferase. Int J Environ Anal Chem. 90(12):922-933. DOI:10.1080/03067310903359526

    (45) Khajehali J, Van Leeuwen T, Grispou M, Morou E, Alout H, Weill M, Tirry L, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2010) Acetylcholinesterase point mutations in European strains of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) resistant to organophosphates. Pest Manag Sci. 66:220-228. DOI:10.1002/ps.1884. PMID: 19894225

    (44) Morou E, Dowd AJ, Rajatileka S, Steven A, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Paine M, Vontas J. (2010) A simple colorimetric assay for specific detection of glutathione-S transferase activity associated with DDT resistance in mosquitoes. Plos Negl Trop Dis. 4(8):e808. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000808. PMID: 20824165

    (43) Poupardin R, Riaz MA, Vontas J, David JP, Reynaud S. (2010) Transcription profiling of eleven cytochrome P450s potentially involved in xenobiotic metabolism in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Insect Mol Biol. 19(2):185-193. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00967.x. PMID: 20041961

    (42) Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A, Dermauw W, Tirry L. (2010) Acaricide resistance mechanisms in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae and other important Acari: A review. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 40(8):563-572. DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2010.05.008. PMID: 20685616

    (41) Vontas J, Ranson H, Alphey L. (2010) Transcriptomics and disease vector control. BMC Biol. 8:52. DOI:10.1186/1741-7007-8-52. PMID: 20525113

    2009

    (40) Dialynas E, Topalis P, Vontas J, Louis C. (2009) MIRO and IRbase: IT Tools for the epidemiological monitoring of insecticide resistance in mosquito disease vectors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 3(6):e465. DOI:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000465. PMID: 19547750

    (39) Dowd AJ, Steven A, Morou E, Hemingway J, Vontas J, Paine MJI. (2009) A simple glutathione transferase-based colorimetric endpoint assay for insecticide detection. Enzyme Microb Tech. 45(2):164-168. DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.05.008.

    (38) Karunker I, Morou E, Nikou D, Nauen R, Sertchook R, Stevenson BJ, Paine MJI, Morin S, Vontas J. (2009) Structural model and functional characterization of the Bemisia tabaci CYP6CM1vQ, a cytochrome P450 associated with high levels of imidacloprid resistance. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 39(10):697-706. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2009.08.006. PMID: 19716416

    (37) Kazanidou A, Nikou D, Grigoriou M, Vontas J, Skavdis G. (2009) Short report: A multiplex PCR assay for simultaneous genotyping of kdr and ace-1 Loci in Anopheles gambiae. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 80(2):236-238. PMID: 19190219

    (36) Nikou D, Malandrakis A, Konstantakaki M, Vontas J, Markoglou A, Ziogas B. (2009) Molecular characterization and detection of overexpressed C-14 alpha-demethylase-based DMI resistance in Cercospora beticola field isolates. Pestic Biochem Phys. 95(1):18-27. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.04.014

    (35) Roditakis E, Grispou M, Morou E, Kristoffersen JB, Roditakis N, Nauen R, Vontas J, Tsagkarakou A. (2009) Current status of insecticide resistance in Q biotype Bemisia tabaci populations from Crete. Pest Manag Sci. 65(3):313-322. DOI:10.1002/ps.1690. PMID: 19115232

    (34) Tsagkarakou A, Nikou D, Roditakis E, Sharvit M, Morin S, Vontas J. (2009) Molecular diagnostics for detecting pyrethroid and organophosphate resistance mutations in the Q biotype of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Pestic Biochem Phys. 94(2-3):49-54. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.03.002

    (33) Tsagkarakou A, Van Leeuwen T, Khajehali J, Ilias A, Grispou M, Williamson MS, Tirry L, Vontas J. (2009) Identification of pyrethroid resistance associated mutations in the para sodium channel of the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae). Insect Mol Biol. 18(5):583-593. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00900.x. PMID: 19754737

    (32) Ziogas BN, Nikou D, Markoglou AN, Malandrakis AA, Vontas J. (2009) Identification of a novel point mutation in the β-tubulin gene of Botrytis cinerea and detection of benzimidazole resistance by a diagnostic PCR-RFLP assay. Eur J Plant Path. 125(1):97-107. DOI:10.1007/s10658-009-9462-y.

    2008

    (31) Bass C, Nikou D, Blagborough AM, Vontas J, Sinden RE, Williamson MS, Field LM. (2008) PCR-based detection of Plasmodium in Anopheles mosquitoes: a comparison of a new high-throughput assay with existing methods. Malaria J. 7:177. DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-7-177. PMID: 18793416

    (30) Kapoli P, Axarli IA, Platis D, Fragoulaki M, Paine M, Hemingway J, Vontas J, Labrou NE. (2008) Engineering sensitive glutathione transferase for the detection of xenobiotics. Biosens Bioelectron. 24(3):498-503. DOI:10.1016/j.bios.2008.06.037. PMID: 18691867

    (29) Karunker I, Benting J, Lueke B, Ponge T, Nauen R, Roditakis E, Vontas J, Gorman K, Denholm I, Morin S. (2008) 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 Biochem Mol Biol. 38(6):634-644. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.03.008. PMID: 18510975

    (28) Margaritopoulos JT, Skavdis G, Kalogiannis N, Nikou D, Morou E, Skouras PJ, Tsitsipis JA, Vontas J. (2008) Efficacy of the pyrethroid alpha-cypermethrin against Bactrocera oleae populations from Greece, and improved diagnostic for an iAChE mutation. Pest Manag Sci. 64(9):900-908. DOI:10.1002/ps.1580. PMID: 18381673

    (27) McLaughlin LA, Niazi U, Bibby J, David JP, Vontas J, Hemingway J, Ranson H, Sutcliffe MJ, Paine M.J.I. (2008) Characterization of inhibitors and substrates of Anopheles gambiae CYP6Z2. Insect Mol Biol. 17(2):125-135. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00788.x. PMID: 18353102

    (26) Morou E, Ismail HM, Dowd AJ, Hemingway J, Labrou N, Paine M, Vontas J. (2008) A dehydrochlorinase-based pH change assay for determination of DDT in sprayed surfaces. Anal Biochem. 378(1):60-64. DOI:10.1016/j.ab.2008.03.046. PMID: 18423389

    (25) Poupardin R, Reynaud S, Strode C, Ranson H, Vontas J, David JP. (2008) Cross-induction of detoxification genes by environmental xenobiotics and insecticides in the mosquito Aedes aegypti: Impact on larval tolerance to chemical insecticides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 38(5):540-551. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.01.004. PMID: 18405832

    2007

    (24) Bass C, Nikou D, Donnelly MJ, Williamson MS, Ranson H, Ball A, Vontas J, Field LM. (2007) Detection of knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in Anopheles gambiae: a comparison of two new high-throughput assays with existing methods. Malaria J. 6:111. DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-6-111. PMID: 17697325

    (23) Black IV WC, Vontas JG. (2007) Affordable assays for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms in insects. Insect Mol Biol. 16(4):377-387. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00736.x. PMID: 17488301

    (22) Vontas J, David JP, Nikou D, Hemingway J, Christophides GK, Louis C, Ranson H. (2007) Transcriptional analysis of insecticide resistance in Anopheles stephensi using cross-species microarray hybridization. Insect Mol Biol. 16(3):315-324. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00728.x. PMID: 17433071

    2006

    (21) Malandrakis AA, Markoglou AN, Nikou DC, Vontas JG, Ziogas BN. (2006) Biological and molecular characterization of laboratory mutants of Cercospora beticola resistant to Qo inhibitors. Eur J Plant Path. 116(2):155-166. DOI:10.1007/s10658-006-9052-1

    (20) Nardi F, Carapelli A, Vontas JG, Dallai R, Roderick GK, Frati F. (2006) Geographical distribution and evolutionary history of organophosphate-resistant Ace alleles in the olive fly (Bactrocera oleae). Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 36(7):593-602. DOI:10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.05.002. PMID: 16835025

    (19) Roditakis E, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J. (2006) Identification of mutations in the para sodium channel of Bemisia tabaci from Crete, associated with resistance to pyrethroids. Pestic Biochem Phys. 85(3):161-166. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2005.11.007

    2005

    (18) David JP, Strode C, Vontas J, Nikou D, Vaughan A, Pignatelli PM, Louis C, Hemingway J, Ranson H. (2005) The Anopheles gambiae detoxification chip: A highly specific microarray to study metabolic-based insecticide resistance in malaria vectors. PNAS. 102(11):4080-4084. DOI:10.1073/pnas.0409348102. PMID: 15753317

    (17) Hawkes NJ, Janes RW, Hemingway J, Vontas J. (2005) Detection of resistance-associated point mutations of organophosphate-insensitive acetylcholinesterase in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin). Pestic Biochem Phys. 81(3):154-163. DOI:10.1016/j.pestbp.2004.11.003

    (16) Kotsyfakis M, Vontas J, Siden-Kiamos I, Louis C. (2005) The annexin gene family in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Insect Mol Biol. 14(5):555-562. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00586.x. PMID: 16164611

    (15) Vontas J, Blass C, Koutsos AC, David JP, Kafatos FC, Louis C, Hemingway J, Christophides GK, Ranson H. (2005) Gene expression in insecticide resistant and susceptible Anopheles gambiae strains constitutively or after insecticide exposure. Insect Mol Biol. 14(5):509-521. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2005.00582.x. PMID: 16164607

    (14) Vontas J, Siden-Kiamos I, Papagiannakis G, Karras M, Waters AP, Louis C. (2005) Gene expression in Plasmodium berghei ookinetes and early oocysts in a co-culture system with mosquito cells. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 139(1):1-13. DOI:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.03.003. PMID: 15610814

    (13) Che-Mendoza A, Penilla-Navarro PR, Martinez-Barnetche J, Rodriguez-Ramirez A, Hemingway J, Vontas J. (2005) Cloning and sequencing of the probable gene responsible of the DDT resistance in Anopheles albimanus (Diptera, Culicidae). Entomol. Mex. 6: 894-898.

    2004

    (12) Vontas JG, McCarroll L, Karunaratne SHPP, Louis C, Hurd H, Hemingway J. (2004) Does environmental stress affect insect-vectored parasite transmission? Physiol Entomol. 29(3):210-213. DOI:10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00410.x. PMID: 19330047

    2003

    (11) Ortelli F, Rossiter LC, Vontas J, Ranson H, Hemingway J. (2003) Heterologous expression of four glutathione transferase genes genetically linked to a major insecticide-resistance locus from the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Biochem J. 373:957-963. DOI:10.1042/BJ20030169. PMID: 12718742

    2002

    (10) Coleman M, Vontas JG, Hemingway J. (2002) Molecular characterization of the amplified aldehyde oxidase from insecticide resistant Culex quinquefasciatus. Eur J Biochem. 269(3):768-779. DOI:10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02682.x. PMID: 11846778

    (9) Hemingway J, Field L, Vontas J. (2002) An overview of insecticide resistance. Sci. 298(5591):96-97. DOI:10.1126/science.1078052. PMID: 12364782

    (8) Vontas JG, Hejazi MJ, Hawkes NJ, Cosmidis N, Loukas M, Hemingway J. (2002) Resistance-associated point mutations of organophosphate insensitive acetylcholinesterase, in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Insect Mol Biol. 11(4):329-336. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00343.x. PMID: 12144698

    (7) Vontas JG, Small GJ, Nikou DC, Ranson H, Hemingway J. (2002) Purification, molecular cloning and heterologous expression of a glutathione S-transferase involved in insecticide resistance from the rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Biochem J. 362:329-337. DOI:10.1042/0264-6021:3620329. PMID: 11853540

    2001

    (6) Enayati AA, Vontas JG, Small GJ, McCarroll L, Hemingway J. (2001) Quantification of pyrethroid insecticides from treated bednets using a mosquito recombinant glutathione S-transferase. Med Vet Entomol. 15(1):58-63. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2915.2001.00286.x. PMID: 11297102

    (5) Vontas JG, Cosmidis N, Loukas M, Tsakas S, Hejazi MJ, Ayoutanti A, Hemingway J. (2001) Altered acetylcholinesterase confers organophosphate resistance in the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae. Pestic Biochem Phys. 71(2):124-132. DOI:10.1006/pest.2001.2568.

    (4) Vontas JG, Small GJ, Hemingway J. (2001) Glutathione S-transferases as antioxidant defence agents confer pyrethroid resistance in Nilaparvata lugens. Biochem J. 357:65-72. DOI:10.1042/0264-6021:3570065. PMID: 11415437

    (3) Vontas JG, Tsakas SC, Loukas M, Hemingway J. (2001) Low-activity allele of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) in Drosophila increases paraquat genotoxicity but does not affect near UV radiation damage. Genome. 44(4):597-601. DOI:10.1139/gen-44-4-597. PMID: 11550893

    2000

    (2) Vontas JG, Enayati AA, Small GJ, Hemingway J. (2000) A simple biochemical assay for glutathione S-transferase activity and its possible field application for screening glutathione S-transferase-based insecticide resistance. Pestic Biochem Phys. 68(3):184-192. DOI:10.1006/pest.2000.2512

    (1) Vontas JG, Small GJ, Hemingway J. (2000) Comparison of esterase gene amplification, gene expression and esterase activity in insecticide susceptible and resistant strains of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal). Insect Mol Biol. 9(6):655-660. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00228.x. PMID: 11122475

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