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Publications of John Vontas (56 listed):

Viruses (2023) 15 (1 - 148)
Sofia Balaska, Mattia Calzolari, Annalisa Grisendi, Mara Scremin, Michele Dottori, Konstantinos Mavridis, Romeo Bellini and John Vontas (2023)
Monitoring of insecticide resistance mutations and pathogen circulation in sand flies from Emilia-Romagna, a leishmaniasis endemic region of northern Italy

Journal of Pest Science (2022) 95, 1163-1177
Marianna Stavrakaki, Aris Ilias, Panagiotis Ioannidis, John Vontas and Emmanouil Roditakis (2022)
Investigating mechanisms associated with emamectin benzoate resistance in the tomato borer Tuta absoluta

Pest Management Science (2022) 78, 1567-1572
Daniele Porretta, Valentina Mastrantonio, Valentina Lucchesi, Romeo Bellini, John Vontas and Sandra Urbanelli (2022)
Historical samples reveal a combined role of agriculture and public-health applications in vector resistance to insecticides

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2022) 16 (2 - e0010186)
Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Konstantinos Mavridis, Anastasia Kampouraki, Sofia Balaska, Filianna Tanti, George Vlachos, Sandra Gewehr, Spiros Mourelatos, Antonios Papadakis, Maria Kavalou, Dimitrios Nikolakakis, Maria Moisaki, Nikolaos Kampanis, Manolis Loumpounis and John Vontas (2022)
Mosquito population structure, pathogen surveillance and insecticide resistance monitoring in urban regions of Crete, Greece

Pest Management Science (2021) 77, 4741-4748
Emre Inak, Esengül Özdemir, Abdullah Emre Atis, Filiz Randa Zelyüt, Arda Inak, Ünver Demir, Emmanouil Roditakis and John Vontas (2021)
Population structure and insecticide resistance status of Tuta absoluta populations from Turkey

BMC Genomics (2021) 22 (65) - Transcriptomic analysis of
Maria K. Sakka, Maria Riga, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Georgia V. Baliota, Martha Tselika, Rajeswaran Jagadeesan, Manoj K. Nayak, John Vontas and Christos G. Athanassiou (2021)
Transcriptomic analysis of s-methoprene resistance in the lesser grain borer, Rhyzopertha dominica, and evaluation of piperonyl butoxide as a resistance breaker

Experimental and Applied Acarology (2021) 85, 205-221
Spyridon Vlogiannitis, Wim Jonckheere, Dries Laget, Dirk C. de Graaf, John Vontas and Thomas Van Leeuwen (2021)
Pyrethroid target-site resistance mutations in populations of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) from Flanders, Belgium

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2021) 111, 379-384
Ioannis Livadaras, Venetia Koidou, Eugenia Pitsili, Julietta Moustaka, John Vontas and Inga Siden-Kiamos (2021)
Stably inherited transfer of the bacterial symbiont Candidatus Erwinia dacicola from wild olive fruit flies Bactrocera oleae to a laboratory strain

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2021) 15 (5 - e0009393)
Ndeye Marie Sene, Konstantinos Mavridis, El Hadji Ndiaye, Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Alioune Gaye, El Hadji Malick Ngom, Yamar Ba, Diawo Diallo, John Vontas, Ibrahima Dia and Mawlouth Diallo (2021)
Insecticide resistance status and mechanisms in Aedes aegypti populations from Senegal

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2021) 15 (8 - e0009586)
Sofia Balaska, Emmanouil Alexandros Fotakis, Alexandra Chaskopoulou and John Vontas (2021)
Chemical control and insecticide resistance status of sand fly vectors worldwide

Parasites and Vectors (2020) 13 (328) - Bioassay and molecular
Sofia Balaska, Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Ilias Kioulos, Linda Grigoraki, Spyridoula Mpellou, Alexandra Chaskopoulou and John Vontas (2020)
Bioassay and molecular monitoring of insecticide resistance status in Aedes albopictus populations from Greece, to support evidence-based vector control

Pest Management Science (2020) 76, 125-133
Evangelia Katsavou, Spyros Vlogiannitis, Eleanor Karp-Tatham, Damer P. Blake, Aris Ilias, Christina Strube, Ilias Kioulos, Wannes Dermauw, Thomas Van Leeuwen and John Vontas (2020)
Identification and geographical distribution of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (2020) 287 (1927 - 20200838)
George-Rafael Samantsidis, Rafaela Panteleri, Shane Denecke, Stella Kounadi, Iason Christou, Ralf Nauen, Vassilis Douris and John Vontas (2020)
'What I cannot create, I do not understand': functionally validated synergism of metabolic and target site insecticide resistance

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2019) 13 (1 - e0006822)
Nicole L. Achee, John P. Grieco, Hassan Vatandoost, Gonçalo Seixas, Joao Pinto, Lee Ching, Ademir J. Martins, Waraporn Juntarajumnong, Vincent Corbel, Clement Gouagna, Jean-Philippe David, James G. Logan, James Orsborne, Eric Marois, Gregor J. Devine and John Vontas (2019)
Alternative strategies for mosquito-borne arbovirus control

Pest Management Science (2019) 75, 2642-2651
Verena Pichler, Chiara Malandruccolo, Paola Serini, Romeo Bellini, Francesco Severini, Luciano Toma, Marco Di Luca, Fabrizio Montarsi, Marco Ballardini, Mattia Manica, Vincenzo Petrarca, John Vontas, Shinji Kasai, Alessandra della Torre and Beniamino Caputo (2019)
Phenotypic and genotypic pyrethroid resistance of Aedes albopictus, with focus on the 2017 chikungunya outbreak in Italy

Pest Management Science (2019) 75, 1808-1818
Eba A. Simma, Wannes Dermauw, Vasileia Balabanidou, Simon Snoeck, Astrid Bryon, Richard M. Clark, Delenasaw Yewhalaw, John Vontas and Luc Duchateau (2019)
Genome-wide gene expression profiling reveals that cuticle alterations and P450 detoxification are associated with deltamethrin and DDT resistance in Anopheles arabiensis populations from Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2019) 13 (10 - e0007615)
Isabelle Dusfour, John Vontas, Jean-Philippe David, David Weetman, Dina M. Fonseca, Vincent Corbel, Kamaraju Raghavendra, Mamadou B. Coulibaly, Ademir J. Martins, Shinji Kasai and Fabrice Chandre (2019)
Management of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses: Advances and challenges

Pest Management Science (2019) 75, 2079-2085
Charles Grant, Rob Jacobson, Aris Ilias, Madeleine Berger, Emmanouil Vasakis, Pablo Bielza, Christoph T. Zimmer, Martin S. Williamson, Richard H. ffrench-Constant, John Vontas, Emmanouil Roditakis and Chris Bass (2019)
The evolution of multiple-insecticide resistance in UK populations of tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (2019) 286 (1907 - 20191091)
Vasileia Balabanidou, Mary Kefi, Michalis Aivaliotis, Venetia Koidou, Juan R. Girotti, Sergio J. Mijailovsky, M. Patricia Juárez, Eva Papadogiorgaki, George Chalepakis, Anastasia Kampouraki, Christoforos Nikolaou, Hilary Ranson and John Vontas (2019)
Mosquitoes cloak their legs to resist insecticides

Parasites and Vectors (2019) 12 (9) - Rapid multiplex gene ...
Konstantinos Mavridis, Nadja Wipf, Sandrine Medves, Ignacio Erquiaga, Pie Müller and John Vontas (2019)
Rapid multiplex gene expression assays for monitoring metabolic resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Journal of Pest Science (2019) 92, 1329-1342
R.N.C. Guedes, E. Roditakis, M.R. Campos, K. Haddi, P. Bielza, H.A.A. Siqueira, A. Tsagkarakou, J. Vontas and R. Nauen (2019)
Insecticide resistance in the tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta: patterns, spread, mechanisms, management and outlook

Pest Management Science (2018) 74, 1319-1327
Verena Pichler, Romeo Bellini, Rodolfo Veronesi, Daniele Arnoldi, Annapaola Rizzoli, Riccardo Paolo Lia, Domenico Otranto, Fabrizio Montarsi, Sara Carlin, Marco Ballardini, Elisa Antognini, Marco Salvemini, Emanuele Brianti, Gabriella Gaglio, Mattia Manica, Pietro Cobre, Paola Serini, Enkelejda Velo, John Vontas, Ilias Kioulos, Joao Pinto, Alessandra della Torre and Beniamino Caputo (2018)
First evidence of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in Italian Aedes albopictus populations 26 years after invasion

Journal of Medical Entomology (2018) 55, 1225-1230
Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Ioannis A. Giantsis, Samiye Demir, John G. Vontas and Alexandra Chaskopoulou (2018)
Detection of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the major leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus papatasi

Evolutionary Applications (2018) 11, 1540-1553
Sabina Bajda, Maria Riga, Nicky Wybouw, Stavrini Papadaki, Eleni Ouranou, Seyedeh Masoumeh Fotoukkiaii, John Vontas and Thomas Van Leeuwen (2018)
Fitness costs of key point mutations that underlie acaricide target-site resistance in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2018) 115, 4619-4624
John Vontas, Linda Grigoraki, John Morgan, Dimitra Tsakireli, Godwin Fuseini, Luis Segura, Julie Niemczura de Carvalho, Raul Nguema, David Weetman, Michel A. Slotman and Janet Hemingway (2018)
Rapid selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by operational malaria control activities

Pest Management Science (2018) 74, 59-69
Despoina E. Kapantaidaki, Eldem Sadikoglou, Dimitra Tsakireli, Vasileios Kampanis, Marianna Stavrakaki, Corinna Schorn, Aris Ilias, Maria Riga, George Tsiamis, Ralf Nauen, George Skavdis, John Vontas and Anastasia Tsagkarakou (2018)
Insecticide resistance in Trialeurodes vaporariorum populations and novel diagnostics for kdr mutations

International Journal of Acarology (2018) 44, 262-267
Naciye Sena Çagatay, Maria Riga, John Vontas, Bayram Çevik and Recep Ay (2018)
Biochemical and molecular characterizations of cypermethrin resistance in laboratory-selected cypermethrin-resistant strains of Tetranychus urticae Koch. (Acari: Tetranychidae)

Journal of Pest Science (2018) 91, 861-871
Costas Ch. Voudouris, Konstantinos Mavridis, Argyro Kalaitzaki, Panagiotis J. Skouras, Amalia N. Kati, Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos, John Vontas and John T. Margaritopoulos (2018)
Susceptibility of Ceratitis capitata to deltamethrin and spinosad in Greece

Journal of Pest Science (2018) 91, 1429-1439
Anastasia Kampouraki, Marianna Stavrakaki, Aggeliki Karataraki, Georgios Katsikogiannis, Evanthia Pitika, Kiriaki Varikou, Antonia Vlachaki, Antonios Chrysargyris, Eleni Malandraki, Nikolaos Sidiropoulos, Antonios Paraskevopoulos, Dimitra Gkilpathi, Emmanouil Roditakis and John Vontas (2018)
Recent evolution and operational impact of insecticide resistance in olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae populations from Greece

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences (2017) 284 (1856 - 20170401)
Gonçalo Santos-Matos, Nicky Wybouw, Nelson E. Martins, Flore Zélé, Maria Riga, Alexandre B. Leitão, John Vontas, Miodrag Grbic, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Sara Magalhães and Élio Sucena (2017)
Tetranychus urticae mites do not mount an induced immune response against bacteria

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017) 11 (4 - e0005533)
Linda Grigoraki, Dimitra Pipini, Pierrick Labbé, Alexandra Chaskopoulou, Mylene Weill and John Vontas (2017)
Carboxylesterase gene amplifications associated with insecticide resistance in Aedes albopictus: Geographical distribution and evolutionary origin

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017) 11 (7 - e0005625)
Catherine L. Moyes, John Vontas, Ademir J. Martins, Lee Ching Ng, Sin Ying Koou, Isabelle Dusfour, Kamaraju Raghavendra, João Pinto, Vincent Corbel, Jean-Philippe David and David Weetman (2017)
Contemporary status of insecticide resistance in the major Aedes vectors of arboviruses infecting humans

Pest Management Science (2017) 73, 1679-1688
Emmanouil Roditakis, Konstantinos Mavridis, Maria Riga, Emmanouil Vasakis, Evangelia Morou, Jean Luc Rison and John Vontas (2017)
Identification and detection of indoxacarb resistance mutations in the para sodium channel of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta

Parasites and Vectors (2017) 10 (407) - Mapping insecticide resistance ...
Eba Alemayehu, Abebe Asale, Kasahun Eba, Kefelegn Getahun, Kora Tushune, Astrid Bryon, Evangelia Morou, John Vontas, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Luc Duchateau and Delenasaw Yewhalaw (2017)
Mapping insecticide resistance and characterization of resistance mechanisms in Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2017) 11 (7 - e0005799)
Gonçalo Seixas, Linda Grigoraki, David Weetman, José Luís Vicente, Ana Clara Silva, João Pinto, John Vontas and Carla Alexandra Sousa (2017)
Insecticide resistance is mediated by multiple mechanisms in recently introduced Aedes aegypti from Madeira Island (Portugal)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2015) 9 (5 - e0003771)
Linda Grigoraki, Jacques Lagnel, Ilias Kioulos, Anastasia Kampouraki, Evangelia Morou, Pierrick Labbé, Mylene Weill and John Vontas (2015)
Transcriptome profiling and genetic study reveal amplified carboxylesterase genes implicated in temephos resistance, in the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2015) 105, 712-716
E. AlSuhaibani, C.C. Voudouris, R. Al-Atiyat, A. Kotzamumin, J. Vontas and J.T. Margaritopoulos (2015)
Identification of a point mutation in the ace1 gene of Therioaphis trifolii maculata and detection of insecticide resistance by a diagnostic PCR–RFLP assay

Molecular Ecology (2015) 24, 4901-4911
Christopher M. Jones, Alexie Papanicolaou, George K. Mironidis, John Vontas, Yihua Yang, Ka S. Lim, John G. Oakeshott, Chris Bass and Jason W. Chapman (2015)
Genomewide transcriptional signatures of migratory flight activity in a globally invasive insect pest

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2015) 112, E5907-E5915
Xiao-Guang Chen, Xuanting Jiang, Jinbao Gu, Meng Xu, Yang Wu, Yuhua Deng, Chi Zhang, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Wannes Dermauw, John Vontas, Peter Armbruster, Xin Huang, Yulan Yang, Hao Zhang, Weiming He, Hongjuan Peng, Yongfeng Liu, Kun Wu, Jiahua Chen, Manolis Lirakis, Pantelis Topalis, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Andrew Brantley Hall, Xiaofang Jiang, Chevon Thorpe, Rachel Lockridge Mueller, Cheng Sun, Robert Michael Waterhouse, Guiyun Yan, Zhijian Jake Tu, Xiaodong Fang and Anthony A. James (2015)
Genome sequence of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

Pest Management Science (2014) 70, 1460-1467
Emmanouil Roditakis, Natasa Fytrou, Marianna Staurakaki, John Vontas and Anastasia Tsagkarakou (2014)
Activity of flonicamid on the sweet potato whitely Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) and its natural enemies

Pest Management Science (2014) 70, 623-627
Ilias Kioulos, Anastasia Kampouraki, Evangelia Morou, George Skavdis and John Vontas (2014)
Insecticide resistance status in the major West Nile virus vector Culex pipiens from Greece

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2013) 110, 9397-9402
Janet Hemingway, John Vontas, Rodolphe Poupardin, Jaishree Raman, Jo Lines, Chris Schwabe, Abrahan Matias and Immo Kleinschmidt (2013)
Country-level operational implementation of the Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management

PLoS ONE (2013) 8 (6 - e66533)
Nena Pavlidi, Wannes Dermauw, Stephane Rombauts, Antonis Chrisargiris, Thomas Van Leeuwen and John Vontas (2013)
Analysis of the olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae transcriptome and phylogenetic classification of the major detoxification gene families

Pest Management Science (2013) 69, 457-461
Ralf Nauen, John Vontas, Martin Kaussmann and Katharina Wölfel (2013)
Pymetrozine is hydroxylated by CYP6CM1, a cytochrome P450 conferring neonicotinoid resistance in Bemisia tabaci

Insect Science (2013) 20, 505-512
George K. Mironidis, Despina Kapantaidaki, Maria Bentila, Evangelia Morou, M. Savopoulou-Soultani and John Vontas (2013)
Resurgence of the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera in northern Greece associated with insecticide resistance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2013) 110, E113-E122
Wannes Dermauw, Nicky Wybouw, Stephane Rombauts, Björn Menten, John Vontas, Miodrag Grbic, Richard M. Clark, René Feyereisen and Thomas Van Leeuwen (2013)
A link between host plant adaptation and pesticide resistance in the polyphagous spider mite Tetranychus urticae

Pest Management Science (2013) 69, 827-833
Evangelia Morou, Manolis Lirakis, Nena Pavlidi, Moises Zotti, Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Guy Smagghe, John Vontas and Luc Swevers (2013)
A new dibenzoylhydrazine with insecticidal activity against Anopheles mosquito larvae

Insect Science (2011) 18, 23-29
Emmanouil Roditakis, Evangelia Morou, Anastasia Tsagkarakou, Maria Riga, Ralf Nauen, Mark Paine, Shai Morin and John Vontas (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 Science (2011) 18, 30-39
Vassilis Vassiliou, Maria Emmanouilidou, Andreas Perrakis, Evangelia Morou, John Vontas, Anastasia Tsagkarakou and Emmanouil Roditakis (2011)
Insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci from Cyprus

Pest Management Science (2010) 66, 220-228
Jahangir Khajehali, Thomas Van Leeuwen, Maria Grispou, Evangelia Morou, Haoués Alout, Mylène Weill, Luc Tirry, John Vontas and Anastasia Tsagkarakou (2010)
Acetylcholinesterase point mutations in European strains of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) resistant to organophosphates

European Journal of Plant Pathology (2009) 125, 97-107
Basil N. Ziogas, Dimitra Nikou, Anastasios N. Markoglou, Anastasios A. Malandrakis and John Vontas (2009)
Identification of a novel point mutation in the ß-tubulin gene of Botrytis cinerea and detection of benzimidazole resistance by a diagnostic PCR-RFLP assay

Pest Management Science (2009) 65, 313-322
Emmanouil Roditakis, Maria Grispou, Evangelia Morou, Jon Bent Kristoffersen, Nikos Roditakis, Ralf Nauen, John Vontas and Anastasia Tsagkarakou (2009)
Current status of insecticide resistance in Q biotype Bemisia tabaci populations from Crete

Pest Management Science (2008) 64, 900-908
John T. Margaritopoulos, George Skavdis, Nikos Kalogiannis, Dimitra Nikou, Evangelia Morou, Panagiotis J. Skouras, John A. Tsitsipis and John Vontas (2008)
Efficacy of the pyrethroid alpha-cypermethrin against Bactrocera oleae populations from Greece, and improved diagnostic for an iAChE mutation

Journal of Insect Science (2008) 8 (4), p. 41 (Roditakis et al.)
Emmanouil Roditakis, Nikos E. Roditakis, Maria Grispou, John Vontas and Anastasia Tsagkarakou (2008)
Imidacloprid resistance of Bemisia tabaci in Crete, Greece
in P. A. Stansly and C.L. McKenzie, organizers: Fourth International Bemisia Workshop - International Whitefly Genomics Workshop, December 3-8, 2006, Duck Key, Florida, USA

European Journal of Plant Pathology (2006) 116, 155-166
Anastasios A. Malandrakis, Anastasios N. Markoglou, Dimitra C. Nikou, John G. Vontas and Basil N. Ziogas (2006)
Biological and molecular characterization of laboratory mutants of Cercospora beticola resistant to Qo inhibitors

Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2001) 15, 58-63
A. A. Enayati, J. G. Vontas, G. J. Small, L. McCarroll and J. Hemingway (2001)
Quantification of pyrethroid insecticides from treated bednets using a mosquito recombinant glutathione S-transferase