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Fruit Flies and the Sterile Insect Technique

Authors - Carrol O. Calkins, Fruit and Vegetable Insect Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Yakima, Washington

Waldemar Klassen, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna, Austria

and Pablo Liedo, Centro de Investigaciones Ecologicas del Sureste (CIES), Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

This book is a continuation of the development of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) specifically designed for use against, and management of, fruit flies. serveral factors indicate an increased use of the SIT against fruit flies within the next decade.

First, the leaders of the fruit and vegetable industries in many countries are acutely aware that their profitability depends on exporting fruits and vegetables to lucrative markets in developed countries that will not tolerate the introduction of these pests. Second, the highly successful programs in Australia, Mexico, Japan, and elsewhere have already proven that the SIT can be used effectively under difficult situations. Third, the development of new technologies makes the SIT more acceptable, more reliable, and less expensive. Fourth, and most important, is the growing concern for the use of insecticides to control or eradicate populations or new infestations. Other programs geared to eradicate these pests suggest that the public will no longer tolerate extensive aerial applications of bait sprays or chemical insecticides, especially in urban and suburban areas.

The expanded use of the SIT creates a need for additional information and refinements in technology. Keep abreast of this important and timely topic. Send for your copy today.

Contents

• Overview of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division's Involvement in Fruit Fly Sterile Insect Technique Programs (W. Klassen, D.A. Lindquist, and E.J. Buyckx).
• Population Genetics of Ceratitis capitata and Phylogenetic Relations with Other Tephritidae (G. Gasperi, A.R. Malacrida, L. Baruffi, R. Milani, and C.R. Guglielmino).
• Food Foraging Behavior of Frugivorous Fruit Flies (J. Hendrichs and R.J. Prokopy).
• Advances in Attractant and Trapping Technologies for Tephritids (A.P. Economopoulos and G.E. Haniotakis).
• Mass Rearing of Fruit Flies: A Demographic Analysis (P. Liedo, J.R. Carey, and R.I. Vargas).
• Nutritional, Biochemical, and Biological Aspects of Quality Control in the Olive Fruit Fly (A.G. Manoukas).
• Advances in Measuring Quality and Assuring Good Field Performance in Mass Reared Fruit Flies (C.O. Calkins, K. Bloem, S. Bloem, and D.L. Chambers).
• Mutants, Chromosomes, and Genetic Maps in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Y. Rossler, A. Malacrida, and M.C. Zapater).
• Requirements and Strategies for the Development of Genetic Sex Separation Systems with Special Reference to the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Ceratitis capitata (G. Franz and P. Kerremans).
• Fruit Fly Problems in China and Prospects for Using the Sterile Insect Technique (H.-S. Wang and H.Q. Zhang).
• Fruit Fly Problems in Southeast Asia and Efforts to Meet Them (S. Vijaysegaran).
• Bioclimatic Effects on the Distribution of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Maghreb (E.J. Buyckx).
• Fruit Fly Free Areas: Strategies to Develop Them (A. Malavasi, G.G. Rohwer, and D.S. Campbell).
• Pink Bollworm Sterile Moth Releases: Suppression of Established Infestations and Exclusion from Noninfested Areas (T.J. Henneberry).
• The Moscamed Program: Practical Achievements and Contributions to Science (D. Orozco, W.R. Enkerlin, and J. Reyes).
• The Melon Fly Eradication Program in Japan (H. Kakinohana).
• The Eradication of the Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni, from Western Australia (K. Fisher).
• Index.

May 1994, ISBN: 0-8493-4854-4
U.S. $169.00