Fruit Flies of Economic Importance XI by Pérez-Staples, Diana; Dominiak, Bernard; Teresa Vera, María;

Short description:

Fruit flies adversely impact the ability of the world’s nations to feed a growing world population. This book contains 19 contributions from many scientists which is intended to improve the ability of all nations to manage tephritids and to provide good quality food for their people.

Long description:

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) adversely impact the ability of the world’s nations to feed a growing world population. Hundreds of scientists work throughout many countries studying economically damaging fruit flies to improve our understanding of these pests and how to manage them. This book contains 19 contributions from many scientists, which is intended to improve the ability of all nations to manage tephritids and to provide good-quality food for their people.

This book starts with a reflection on the career and contribution of Prof. Antigone Zacharopoulou. It continues with three chapters expanding our knowledge and information on the biology, ecology, physiology, and behavior of tephritid flies. The following three chapters explore opportunities for international trade. Aspects of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and natural enemies from different countries are explained in the next five chapters. Finally, the last seven chapters describe a diverse range of action programs and area-wide Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

Key features:

• Provides information on fruit fly diversity, courtship, and components involved in mating success.

• Offers opportunities to improve international trade on fruits susceptible to tephritids.

• Explores methods to optimize the components of the SIT and the use of parasitoids.

• Provides new insights into area-wide IPM and action programs.

• Includes contributions from relevant fruit-growing areas of the globe.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Table of Contents:

1. In memoriam: Antigone Zacharopoulou; Section I Biology, ecology, physiology and behavior 2. Diversity and abundance of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) infesting cucurbit crops in the Morogoro region of Tanzania; 3. Assessment of courtship behavior and mating success in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae): A comparison between laboratory-reared and wild flies; 4. Nice songs, good smells: Overexpression of antioxidants in transgenic male fruit flies blunts radiation-induced oxidative stress and improves sexual signaling; Section II Risk assessment, quarantine and post-harvest 5. Host reproduction number for fruit fly management and trade; 6. General guidelines to facilitate the opening of international markets for fruits and vegetables that are fruit fly hosts based on International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures; 7. Towards a systems approach for mitigating fruit fly risk in export fruit commodities from Africa; Section III Sterile insect technique 8. Status of the tephritid fruit fly production worldwide for the sterile insect technique application; 9. A focus on Morocco’s sterile insect technique initiative; 10. Packing and release methods for sterile fruit flies; 11. Production of a genetic sexing strain of Anastrepha fraterculus (DipteraTephritidae) for SIT programs in Brazil; Section IV Natural enemies and biological control 12. Abundance and diversity of tephritid parasitoids in different agroecological and climatic regions of Madagascar; Section V Area-wide IPM and action programs 13. Fifty-five years of a successful National Fruit Fly Program in Chile; 14. Current status of the National Fruit Fly Detection Programme in Chile; 15. National Fruit Fly Control and Eradication Program (Procem) in Argentina; 16. Eradicating Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) in Perth, Western Australia: History, challenges and future directions; 17. Area-wide fruit fly control with environmentally friendly techniques in Mauritius; 18. A tiered approach to the implementation of integrated fruit fly management programmes in the Americas; 19. Fruit flies and their monitoring in the Caribbean region