Insects as Food and Feed

Dr. Itai Opatovsky

Effect of entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana on the growth characteristics and metabolism of black soldier fly larvae

Mani, K., Vitenberg, T., Khatib, S., & Opatovsky, I.
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
2023

A review on nutritional and non-nutritional interactions of symbiotic and associated fungi with insect

Mani Kannan, Itai Opatovsky
Symbiosis
2023

Comparative untargeted metabolic analysis of natural- and laboratory-reared larvae of black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Mani K., Vitenberg T., Ben-Mordechai l., Schweitzer R., Opatovsky I
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2023

Effect of yeast supplementation on growth parameters and metabolomics of black soldier fly larvae, Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).

Mani K., Vitenberg T., Ben-Mordechai l., Khatib S., Opatovsky I.
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
2023

Assessing fungal diversity and abundance in the black soldier fly and its environment

Vitenberg T., Opatovsky I.
Journal of Insect Science
2022

Tomato cultivars resistant or susceptible to spider mites differ in their biosynthesis and metabolic profile of the monoterpenoid pathway

Weinblum N., Cna'ani A., Yaakov B., Sadeh A., Avraham L., Opatovsky I., Tzin V
Frontiers in Plant Science
2021

Does consumption of baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) by black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae affect their fatty acid composition

Opatovsky I., Vitenberg T., Jonas-Levi A., Gutman R.
Journal of Insect Science
2021

Control of lettuce big‐vein by application of fungicides and crop covers

Opatovsky I., Elbaz M, Dori I, Avraham L., Mordechai-Lebiush S., Dombrovsky A. and Tsror (Lahkim) L.
2019

First Report of Lettuce Big Vein Disease Caused by Olpidium spp., Mirafiori Lettuce Big-Vein Virus, and Lettuce Big-Vein Associated Virus in Israel

Opatovsky I., Elbaz M, Tsror (Lahkim) L. and Dombrovsky A
2019

An eco-systems biology approach for modeling trophic networks of plant sucking insects and their bacterial symbionts.

Opatovsky I., Santos-Garcia D., Lahav T., Ofaim S., Zchori-Fein E. and Freilich S.
2018

Use of alternative habitats by spiders in a desert agroecosystem

Opatovsky I., Musli I., Weintraub P.G. and Lubin Y.
2017

Various competitive interactions explain niche separation in crop-dwelling web spiders.

Opatovsky I., Gavish-Regev E., Weintraub P.G. and Lubin Y.
2016

Effects of non-native Eucalyptus plantations on epigeal spider communities in the northern Negev desert, Israel

Herrmann J.D., Opatovsky I., Lubin Y., Entling M.H., Pluess T. and Gavish-Regev E.
2015

Molecular characterization of the differential role of immigrant and agrobiont generalist predators in pest suppression

Opatovsky I., Chapman E.G., Weintraub P.G., Lubin Y. and Harwood J.D.
2012

Coping with abrupt decline in habitat quality: effects of harvest on spider abundance and movement

Opatovsky I. and Lubin Y.
2012

Non-crop habitats in the landscape enhance spider diversity in wheat fields of a desert agroecosystem

Pluess T., Opatovsky I., Gavish-Regev E., Lubin Y. and Schmidt M.H.
2010

Are spider assemblages in fragmented, semi-desert habitat affected by increasing cover of agricultural crops?

Opatovsky I., Pluess T., Gavish-Regev E., Schmidt M.H. and Lubin Y.
2010

Species richness and densities of spiders in wheat fields and semi-desert in the Negev (Israel)

Pluess T., Opatovsky I., Gavish-Regev E., Lubin Y. and Schmidt M.H.
2008