Breakfast of Champions or Kiss of Death? Survival and Sexual Performance of Protein-Fed, Sterile Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Yuval, Boaz; Maor, M.; Levy, Karmit; Kaspi, Roy; Taylor, Phillip W.; Shelly, Todd E.

doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[115:bocoko]2.0.co;2

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“…The research was carried out under the CRP built on the aforementioned studies to understand Yuval et al 2007;Faria et al 2008;Weldon et al 2008;Pereira et al 2009Pereira et al , 2010aPereira et al ,b, 2013Haq et al 2010aHaq et al ,b, 2013Quilici et al 2013;Liedo et al 2013) Addition of protein to the pre-release diet significantly improved male weight and body protein content for A.…”

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“…The ratio of protein to carbohydrates in dry diets provisioned early in adult life contributed to male sexual performance and affected survival in a dose-dependent manner in A. fraterculus, A. ludens, A. obliqua and B. tryoni (Prabhu et al 2008;Gó mez et al 2013;Liedo et al 2013;Segura et al 2013; (Yuval et al 2007;Gavriel et al 2010;Taylor et al 2013) In the laboratory, protein-fed males lived significantly longer than sugar-fed males of B. cucurbitae and B. tryoni (Haq et al 2010b;Taylor et al 2013). The same was found in A. ludens and A. obliqua when the sugar/yeast ratio was 9:1 or 24:1, but not with the 3:1 ratio ) Inhibition of remating Feeding on a nitrogen-rich food significantly improved the ability of sterile males to inhibit female remating in A. fraterculus, B. tryoni and C. capitata (Harmer et al 2006;Radhakrishnan and Taylor 2007;Gavriel et al 2009;Segura et al 2013 The contribution of microorganisms to fitness of non-sterile Bactrocera oleae and C. capitata was established Ben-Yosef et al 2008aYuval et al 2013) Manipulating the microflora of sterile males suggests that probiotic supplements could improve male sexual performance in C. capitata (Niyazi et al 2004;Behar et al 2005Behar et al , 2008aBen-Ami et al 2010) these phenomena, to extend them to other species, and to transfer and validate them under large-scale conditions of action SIT programmes.…”

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Improving sterile male performance in support of programmes integrating the sterile insect technique against fruit flies

Pereira

Yuval

Liedo

et al. 2011

J Applied Entomology

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The sterile insect technique (SIT) is being applied against fruit fly pests in many areas of the world. Currently, factories have a capacity to produce several billion sterile insects per week, to irradiate them and to make them available for shipment to their destinations. There the emerging flies are fed and maintained for various periods of time in fly emergence and release facilities, and then collected for release. While much research effort has been invested in improving mass rearing and quality control procedures at the fly factory level, the post‐factory handling of sterile flies has received much less attention. A 6‐year FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) was initiated with the participation of 31 research institutes from 17 countries to assess and validate ways to improve sterile male performance through better management during the critical period that starts with the arrival of pupae at the fly emergence and release facility and ends with the release of the sterile flies in the field. This review summarizes the research that was conducted under the CRP focusing on fruit fly species from the genera Anastrepha, Bactrocera and Ceratitis against which the SIT is being applied. To increase the effectiveness of SIT programmes, exposure of sterile males to nutritional, hormonal and semiochemical supplements was assessed and improved handling and release methods tested. Incorporation of protein and juvenile hormone into pre‐release diets significantly accelerated sterile male maturation and improved sexual performance among several species, while semiochemical treatments using ginger root oil or citrus oils in Ceratitis capitata and methyl eugenol in Bactrocera dorsalis complex species significantly increased sterile male mating competitiveness. Improved fly emergence, holding and release procedures were also assessed, together with the compilation of all this knowledge into a manual. Several of these findings have been transferred to and are being applied in operational programmes.

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Section: Semiochemical Supplementsmentioning

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Improving sterile male performance in support of programmes integrating the sterile insect technique against fruit flies

Pereira

Yuval

Liedo

et al. 2011

J Applied Entomology

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“…El tiempo requerido varia entre especies, para C. capitata se reportan de 4 a 7 días, para A. ludens de 5 a 7 días y para A. obliqua 5 días (SAGARPA 1999;Tirado y Gómez-Escobar 2005). Si bien este tiempo puede ser utilizado para brindar a los machos condiciones que favorezcan su competitividad en el campo como son la exposición a volátiles que les confieren mayor competitividad sexual ) o una dieta con proteínas (Yuval et al 2007), es cierto que periodos largos pueden ser contraproducentes ya que se necesita espacio para mantener a las moscas y se incrementa la mortalidad por lo que se intenta reducir dichos tiempos mediante el uso de aceleradores del proceso de maduración sexual como es el metropeno, análogo de la hormona juvenil (Faria et al 2008). Este estudio sostiene la idea de que el tiempo de permanencia de los insectos bajo estas condiciones no afecta su comportamiento sexual y es probable que cualquier efecto se origine del manejo durante el empacado y liberado de los insectos.…”

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Desempeño sexual de machos de laboratorio estériles de Anastrepha obliqua aclimatados bajo condiciones de campo

Fong

Ibarra

Dávila

2011

AZM

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Dávila. 2011. Desempeño sexual de machos de laboratorio estériles de Anastrepha obliqua aclimatados bajo condiciones de campo. Acta Zool. Mex. (n. s.), 27(1): 17-23. RESUMEN. Se evaluó por medio de pruebas estándar de control de calidad el desempeño sexual de machos de cría estériles de Anastrepha obliqua aclimatados bajo condiciones de campo. Machos esté-riles de cría de laboratorio fueron mantenidos en un huerto de mango en jaulas de madera durante 0, 2, 4, 6 y 8 días antes de competir con machos silvestres por hembras silvestres en pruebas de desempeño sexual. Los machos de laboratorio fueron evaluados con 8 días de edad mientras los silvestres con 15 días. Este estudio fue conducido para confirmar si los insectos mantenidos lo más cerca posible a las condiciones naturales, obtienen una ventaja en su desempeño sexual con respecto a machos mantenidos en condiciones artificiales. Los resultados del estudio indicaron que la proporción de apareamientos en la prueba fue satisfactoria y los valores del índice de esterilidad relativa no muestran diferencias significativas entre los distintos tratamientos. En conclusión los datos indican que el pre-acondicionamiento de machos de A. obliqua a condiciones de campo no confiere una ventaja en el desempeño sexual con hembras silvestres en jaulas de campo, lo cual es ideal para los programas de liberación donde la técnica del insecto estéril es aplicada. Palabras clave: A. obliqua, cría masiva, aclimatación, desempeño sexual. ABSTRACT. Standard quality control tests were carried out to evaluate the sexual performance of laboratory sterile Anastrepha obliqua males acclimated under field conditions. Laboratory sterile males were maintained in a mango orchard in wooden cages for 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 days before competing with wild males for matings with wild females in sexual performance tests. Laboratory males were evaluated at 8 days of age while wild males were 15 days old. This study was conducted to confirm whether insects kept as close as possible to natural conditions, obtain an advantage in their sexual performance Quintero

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“…Studies involving exposure to volatile compounds, aromatherapy with ginger oil (Morelli et al, 2010), dietary supplements (Yuval et al, 2007), and/or dietary modifications during early adult life Shelly, 2001), have been tested in attempts to improve the sexual competitiveness of mass-reared males under field conditions. In experiments with wild flies, Arita and Kaneshiro (1988) reported that C. capitata males that emerged from coffee berries copulated more frequently than males emerging from Jerusalem cherries (Solanum pseudocapsicum L.) -even though the latter insects were larger.…”

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Adding guarana powder to medfly diets: an alternative for improving the Sterile Insect Technique

Aquino

Souza

Santos

et al. 2016

Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Ceratitis capitata (medfly) is a globally important horticultural pest that can be controlled using the sterile insect technique (SIT), but the success of SIT depends on the sexual performance of mass-reared males when released into the field. We added "guarana" (Paullinia cupana) powder (derived from an Amazonian fruit that is considered to be a stimulant with aphrodisiac effects, capable of improving human physical stamina) to the diets of adult male medflies to determine whether it increased their sexual performance. The basic diet of a protein extract + sucrose (1:3) was enriched with guarana powder (3 % on a volume basis). Experiments examining sexual competitiveness were performed using lab-reared males fed with the enriched diet vs.lab-reared males fed on the basic diet (and lab-reared females fed on the basic diet), as well as lab-reared males fed with the enriched diet vs. wild males fed on the basic diet (and wild females fed on the basic diet). The results of both experiments indicated that males maintained on diets enriched with guarana powder showed higher copulation successes than males fed only with the basic diet. Guarana powder therefore contributed to the greater mating success of lab-reared males (probably because of its stimulant properties), and may represent a new and viable option for increasing SIT effectiveness.

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Breakfast of Champions or Kiss of Death? Survival and Sexual Performance of Protein-Fed, Sterile Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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Cited by 94 publications

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Improving sterile male performance in support of programmes integrating the sterile insect technique against fruit flies

Improving sterile male performance in support of programmes integrating the sterile insect technique against fruit flies

Desempeño sexual de machos de laboratorio estériles de Anastrepha obliqua aclimatados bajo condiciones de campo

Adding guarana powder to medfly diets: an alternative for improving the Sterile Insect Technique

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