אודות
Research in the lab focuses on two main areas, which are not mutually exclusive: 1) biological control of arthropod pests; 2) insect symbiosis. Biological control is defined as the deliberate use of organisms (natural enemies) to regulate the population size of pest organisms. Many natural enemies harbor microbial symbionts. We study the ecology and evolution of the microbial symbionts, their effects on insect natural enemies and their relevance to biological control.
פרסומים
- AnvRV virus in the parasitoid wasp Anagyrus vladimiri: localization, effect on gene expression, and prevalence, Wodowski, G., Izraeli, Y., Mozes-Daube, N., Carmi, G., Chiel, E. & Zchori-Fein, E., 26 May 2026, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 14, 7, p. 1-17 17 p.
- A heritable RNA virus facilitates egg hatching of a parasitoid wasp, Izraeli, Y., Wodowski, G., Mozes-Daube, N., Varaldi, J., Zchori-Fein, E. & Chiel, E., 1 Sep 2025, In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 118, 5, p. 371-379 9 p.
- Maternal symbiont transmission via envenomation in the parasitoid wasp Spalangia cameroni, Weiss, B., Rohkin Shalom, S., Dolgova, A., Teh, L. S., Kaltenpoth, M., Dale, C. & Chiel, E., 21 Apr 2025, In: Current Biology. 35, 8, p. 1693-1705.e4
- A New Vector of Xylella fastidiosa: The Role of Mesoptyelus impictifrons as a Vector in Israel, Tomer, M., Gidron-Heinemann, L., Chiel, E. & Sharon, R., Dec 2024, In: Phytopathology. 114, 12, p. 2546-2550 5 p.
- How do microbial symbionts shape the life histories of multicellular organisms?, Chiel, E. & Gottlieb, Y., Dec 2024, Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications. Wajnberg, E. & Segoli, M. (eds.). wiley, p. 255-267
- Sodalis praecaptivus subsp. spalangiae subsp. nov., a nascent bacterial endosymbiont isolated from the parasitoid wasp, Spalangia cameroni, Teh, L. S., Shalom, S. R., James, I., Dolgova, A., Chiel, E. & Dale, C., 1 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 74, 10, 006552.
- Population dynamics of common filth flies (Diptera: Muscidae) on dairy farms: Importance of manure removal and mass release of parasitoids, Sercovich, D., Schuldiner-Harpaz, T., Chiel, E., Coll, M. & Gottlieb, Y., 23 Mar 2024, In: Israel Journal of Entomology. 53, p. 33-48 16 p.
- Abundance and Localization of Symbiotic Bacterial Communities in the Fly Parasitoid Spalangia cameroni, Shalom, S. R., Weiss, B., Lalzar, M., Kaltenpoth, M. & Chiel, E., May 2022, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88, 9, e02549-21.
- Genomic characterization of viruses associated with the parasitoid Anagyrus vladimiri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Izraeli, Y., Lepetit, D., Atias, S., Mozes-Daube, N., Wodowski, G., Lachman, O., Luria, N., Steinberg, S., Varaldi, J., Zchori-Fein, E. & Chiel, E., 2022, In: Journal of General Virology. 103, 12, 001810.
- Horizontal Transmission of Microbial Symbionts Within a Guild of Fly Parasitoids, Tzuri, N., Caspi-Fluger, A., Betelman, K., Rohkin Shalom, S. & Chiel, E., Apr 2021, In: Microbial Ecology. 81, 3, p. 818-827 10 p.
- Wolbachia influence on the fitness of Anagyrus vladimiri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a bio-control agent of mealybugs, Izraeli, Y., Lalzar, M., Netanel, N., Mozes-Daube, N., Steinberg, S., Chiel, E. & Zchori-Fein, E., Feb 2021, In: Pest Management Science. 77, 2, p. 1023-1034 12 p.
- Effects, interactions, and localization of Rickettsia and Wolbachia in the house fly parasitoid, Spalangia endius, Semiatizki, A., Weiss, B., Bagim, S., Rohkin-Shalom, S., Kaltenpoth, M. & Chiel, E., 1 Oct 2020, In: Microbial Ecology. 80, 3, p. 718-728 11 p.
- Heat Adaptation of the House Fly (Diptera: Muscidae) and Its Associated Parasitoids in Israel, Biale, H., Geden, C. J., Chiel, E. & Fryxell, R. T., 1 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Medical Entomology. 57, 1, p. 113-121 9 p.
- Effect of Fluctuating High Temperatures on House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and Their Principal Parasitoids (Muscidifurax spp. and Spalangia spp. [Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae]) from the United States, Geden, C. J., Biale, H., Chiel, E. & Johnson, D. M., 28 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Medical Entomology. 56, 6, p. 1650-1660 11 p.
- Autodissemination of pyriproxyfen as a method for controlling the house fly Musca domestica, Biale, H., Chiel, E. & Geden, C. J., 1 Jun 2019, In: Journal of Pest Science. 92, 3, p. 1283-1292 10 p.
- Sugar feeding of parasitoids in an agroecosystem: effects of community composition, habitat and vegetation, Kishinevsky, M., Cohen, N., Chiel, E., Wajnberg, E. & Keasar, T., Jan 2018, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 11, 1, p. 50-57 8 p.
- Effects of pyriproxyfen on wild populations of the housefly, Musca domestica, and compatibility with its principal parasitoids, Biale, H., Geden, C. J. & Chiel, E., Dec 2017, In: Pest Management Science. 73, 12, p. 2456-2464 9 p.
- An exceptional family: Ophiocordyceps-allied fungus dominates the microbiome of soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccidae), Gomez-Polo, P., Ballinger, M. J., Lalzar, M., Malik, A., Ben-Dov, Y., Mozes-Daube, N., Perlman, S. J., Iasur-Kruh, L. & Chiel, E., Oct 2017, In: Molecular Ecology. 26, 20, p. 5855-5868 14 p.
- Identification and characterization of bacterial symbionts in three species of filth fly parasitoids, Betelman, K., Caspi-Fluger, A., Shamir, M. & Chiel, E., 1 Sep 2017, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93, 9, fix107.
- A comparison of naturally growing vegetation vs. border-planted companion plants for sustaining parasitoids in pomegranate orchards, Kishinevsky, M., Keasar, T., Harari, A. R. & Chiel, E., 1 Aug 2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 246, p. 117-123 7 p.
- Are microbial symbionts involved in the speciation of the gall-inducing aphid, Slavum wertheimae?, Amit, L., Ben-Shlomo, R. & Chiel, E., 1 Aug 2017, In: Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 11, 4, p. 475-484 10 p.
- Diversity and Abundance of House Fly Pupal Parasitoids in Israel, with First Records of Two Spalangia Species, Chiel, E. & Kuslitzky, W., 1 Apr 2016, In: Environmental Entomology. 45, 2, p. 283-291 9 p.
- Do bacterial symbionts govern aphid's dropping behavior?, Lavy, O., Sher, N., Malik, A. & Chiel, E., 1 Jun 2015, In: Environmental Entomology. 44, 3, p. 588-592 5 p.
- Characteristics, phenotype, and transmission of wolbachia in the sweet potato whitefly, bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), and its parasitoid eretmocerus sp. nr. emiratus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), Chiel, E., Kelly, S. E., Harris, A. M., Gebiola, M., Li, X., Zchori-Fein, E. & Hunter, M. S., Apr 2014, In: Environmental Entomology. 43, 2, p. 353-362 10 p.
- הדברה משולבת של זבובים במשקי בעלי חיים, סרקוביץ', ד., גוטליב, י. & חיל, א., 2014, In: טבע הדברים. 221, p. 56-59 4 p.
- הדברה משולבת של זבובים במשקי בעלי חיים, חיל, א., סרקוביץ', ד. & גוטליב, י., 2013, In: אקולוגיה וסביבה. 4, 1, p. 29-30 2 p.
- Contagious sterility in the parasitoid wasp Eretmocerus mundus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), Chiel, E., Gerling, D., Steinberg, S., Klapwijk, J., Bolckmans, K. & Zchori-Fein, E., Jan 2012, In: Biocontrol Science and Technology. 22, 1, p. 61-66 6 p.
- Rapid spread of a bacterial symbiont in an invasive whitefly is driven by fitness benefits and female bias, Himler, A. G., Adachi-Hagimori, T., Bergen, J. E., Kozuch, A., Kelly, S. E., Tabashnik, B. E., Chiel, E., Duckworth, V. E., Dennehy, T. J., Zchori-Fein, E. & Hunter, M. S., 8 Apr 2011, In: Science. 332, 6026, p. 254-256 3 p.
- Rickettsia Get Around, Gottlieb, Y., Perlman, S. J., Chiel, E. & Zchori-Fein, E., 1 Jan 2011, Manipulative Tenants: Bacteria Associated with Arthropods. CRC Press, p. 191-206 16 p.
- Endosymbiont metacommunities, mtDNA diversity and the evolution of the Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) species complex, Gueguen, G., Vavre, F., Gnankine, O., Peterschmitt, M., Charif, D., Chiel, E., Gottlieb, Y., Ghanim, M., Zchori-Fein, E. & Fleury, F., Oct 2010, In: Molecular Ecology. 19, 19, p. 4365-4376 12 p.
- Assessments of fitness effects by the facultative symbiont Rickettsia in the sweetpotato whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), Chiel, E., Inbar, M., Mozes-Daube, N., White, J. A., Hunter, M. S. & Zchori-Fein, E., May 2009, In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 102, 3, p. 413-418 6 p.
- Almost there: Transmission routes of bacterial symbionts between trophic levels, Chiel, E., Zchori-Fein, E., Inbar, M., Gottlieb, Y., Adachi-Hagimori, T., Kelly, S. E., Asplen, M. K. & Hunter, M. S., 10 Mar 2009, In: PLOS ONE. 4, 3, e4767.
- The presence of Rickettsia is associated with increased susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) to insecticides, Kontsedalov, S., Zchori-Fein, E., Chiel, E., Gottlieb, Y., Inbar, M. & Ghanim, M., Aug 2008, In: Pest Management Science. 64, 8, p. 789-792 4 p.
- Biotype-dependent secondary symbiont communities in sympatric populations of Bemisia tabaci, Chiel, E., Gottlieb, Y., Zchori-Fein, E., Mozes-Daube, N., Katzir, N., Inbar, M. & Ghanim, M., Aug 2007, In: Bulletin of Entomological Research. 97, 4, p. 407-413 7 p.
- Identification and localization of a Rickettsia sp. in Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), Gottlieb, Y., Ghanim, M., Chiel, E., Gerling, D., Portnoy, V., Steinberg, S., Tzuri, G., Horowitz, A. R., Belausov, E., Mozes-Daube, N., Kontsedalov, S., Gershon, M., Gal, S., Katzir, N. & Zchori-Fein, E., May 2006, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72, 5, p. 3646-3652 7 p.
- The effect of UV-absorbing plastic sheet on the attraction and host location ability of three parasitoids: Aphidius colemani, Diglyphus isaea and Eretmocerus mundus, Chiel, E., Messika, Y., Steinberg, S. & Antignus, Y., Feb 2006, In: BioControl. 51, 1, p. 65-78 14 p.
- חיידקים "גזעיים": הקשר בין סימביונטים לבין גזע בכנימת עש הטבק, חיל, א., 2006, In: גן שדה ומשק. 11, p. 16-18 3 p.