Management of Fruit Flies in the Americas

This book comprises issues at the cutting edge of fruit fly management in the Americas, covering topics that are focal points of current activity and likely long-term importance to the progress of the field. The book is an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration for entomologists at all levels from graduate students to more-established researchers and professionals. Fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) is the most important pests of fruit production worldwide. The purpose of this book is to integrate the experiences of leading scientists in the management of fruit flies in the Americas. In this work, species of fruit flies of economic importance are considered in the genera Anastrepha, Rhagoletis, Bactrocera, and Ceratitis. This book will address fruit flies monitoring, biological control, chemical control, cultural control, sterile insect technique (SIT), Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and other control methods. The book provides invaluable resource material to scientists, professionals and students.

This is the first book addressing management of fruit flies in the Americas and the Caribbean The book compiles the state-of-the-art in fruit flies research and management in the field in the Americas This volume will deal with topics like monitoring, chemical control, biological control, cultural control and IPM

Auteur

Dr. Flavio Roberto Mello Garcia is a professor at Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Zoology (Entomology) from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil. He did his pos-doctoral training at the University of Florida (UF) and at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). He is the author of more than 200 articles and chapters and has led eleven national and international books. Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society at Cornell University. He mentored students from Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Italy, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, USA and Uruguay.He supervises postdoctoral, PhD, MSc and undergraduate students and has coordinated more than 34 research projects in Brazil, Africa, Uruguay and the United States.

Contenu
Fruit Flies, a Threat to Fruit Production in the Americas.- Fruit Fly (Tephritidae) Management in the Neotropical Region: History, State of the Art, and Perspectives.- Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Americas.- Biological Control of Fruit Flies with Emphasis on Microbial Control.- Phytosanitary Irradiation of Tephritid Fruit Flies.- Management of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Argentina.- Augmentative Biological Control as a Workable Strategy within an Area-Wide Integrated Fruit Fly Management Approach: Case Studies from Mexico and Argentina.- Preventive Control of Ceratitis capitata on Remote Islands in Belize.- Fruit Fly Management in Brazil: Current Status and Perspectives.- The Management of Fruit Flies in Colombia: A Long Road to Travel.- Current Fruit Fly Knowledge Status in Ecuador.- Fruit Flies Management in Haïti.- Management of Economically Important Native and Exotic Fruit Fly (Tephritidae) Species in Mexico.- Biological Control of Ceratitis Capitata in the Mexico-Guatemala Border Region and its Advantages in Opening Areas With Social Conflict.- Parasitoid Species Associated with Fruit Flies of The Genus Anastrepha (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Panama.- A Multifaceted Approach to Domestic Management of Invasive Fruit Flies in The United States.- Biological Control Introductions Against Invasive Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the US: Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenge.- Analysis of Historical Recapture Rates in the Anastrepha Ludens (Loew), Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Program in Texas, USA.- Bases for Management of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Uruguay.- What Will the Future of Fruit Fly Management in the Americas Look Like?.