Pheromones, Male Lures, and Trapping of Tephritid Fruit Flies

Tan, K. H.; Nishida, Ritsuo; Jang, Eric B.; Shelly, Todd E.

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9193-9_2

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“…As the name implies, male lures are sex‐specific and are effective against particular fruit fly species groups within a genus or subgenus, while fruit fly pheromones which have been field‐tested, formulated and commercialized are species‐specific (Cunningham ; Tan et al. ). Food‐based attractants, which are in essence protein‐based, are not species‐ or sex‐specific (Epsky et al.…”

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Efficacy of trapping systems for monitoring of Afrotropical fruit flies

Manrakhan

Daneel

Beck

et al. 2017

J Applied Entomology

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The efficacy of different attractant trap combinations for monitoring of Afrotropical fruit flies was evaluated in commercial fruit production areas and natural areas in the northern parts of South Africa. Five food‐based attractants: three‐component Biolure, a combination of ammonium acetate and trimethylamine, a combination of ammonium acetate and putrescine, torula yeast and Questlure, were evaluated in McPhail‐type traps. Two male lures targeting Ceratitis species: EGO Pherolure and trimedlure, were evaluated in Sensus bucket traps. Three male lures targeting Dacine fruit flies: methyl eugenol, cue lure and zingerone, were evaluated in Moroccan bucket traps. The three‐component Biolure was among the most effective food‐based attractant for females of Ceratitis capitata, C. rosa (R1 and R2), C. cosyra and Bactrocera dorsalis. EGO Pherolure attracted a wider range of Ceratitis species than trimedlure but was equally as effective as trimedlure for males of C. capitata and C. rosa (R1 and R2). Dacine flies were specific in their responses to male lures. Bactrocera dorsalis males responded mainly to methyl eugenol. Males of Dacus species responded to either cue lure or zingerone. Zingerone attracted two cucurbit‐infesting Dacus species: D. frontalis and D. durbanensis. For B. dorsalis, C. capitata and C. cosyra in commercial fruit production areas, patterns of female catches in traps containing food‐based attractants were different to patterns of male catches in male lure‐based traps. Implications of these trapping results are discussed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Efficacy of trapping systems for monitoring of Afrotropical fruit flies

Manrakhan

Daneel

Beck

et al. 2017

J Applied Entomology

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“…Traps that use food attractants involve a variety of designs to account for (i) holding and preserving the bait (ii) allow easy trap entry and avoiding escaping and (iii) avoid the capture of other non‐target insects, especially the beneficials . The most widely used trap for liquid food attractant is the McPhail trap.…”

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“…Data consisted of total number of insects caught (irrespective of species), total C. capitata caught and total beneficial insects. These recorded data were used to calculate the index of Flies per Trap per Day, FTD …”

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Potential of locally sustainable food baits and traps against the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata in Bolivia

Candia

Bautista

Herrera

et al. 2019

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUND Small‐scale farmers often take a double hit from pests such as tephritid fruit‐flies. The high price of products against fruit‐flies, together with the higher risk of reinfestation from neighboring orchards, limits options for control. Therefore, management requires low‐cost local products and concerted action. Peach production in central Bolivia is increasingly affected by invasive Ceratitis capitata. To provide locally sustainable techniques that could incentivize area‐wide cooperation of growers, we tested efficiency and specificity of low‐cost lures and traps compared with commercial lures and traps (Tephritrap). RESULTS In the laboratory, the local fermented beverage ‘chicha’ and baker's yeast were equally or more attractive than commercial lures. Both chicha and baker's yeast trapped more flies in field (average FTD 10.31 and 9.49), whereas commercially hydrolyzed protein lure (4.71) or Torula yeast (6.82). However, many non‐target species were caught (57.3% and 53.4%). Of the six PET bottles‐based traps used, the T‐trap caught a similar number of flies (average FTD 5.55), but fewer beneficial insects (0.16) compared to the Tephritrap (0.92). CONCLUSIONS This study provides fruit growers with an economical and effective method to capture large numbers of C. capitata, suitable to be part of integrated pest management programs for fruit fly control. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry

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“…ME is found naturally in over 480 plant species (Tan and Nishida 2012) and is a pheromone precursor/booster for ME-sensitive Bactrocera species (Tan and Nishida 1996, Tan et al 2014). Synthetic ME is widely used to control pestiferous Bactrocera species such as Bactrocera dorsalis in male annihilation programmes (Steiner et al 1965, Vargas et al 2014).…”

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Comparative sensitivity to methyl eugenol of four putative Bactrocera dorsalis complex sibling species – further evidence that they belong to one and the same species B. dorsalis

Hee¹,

Ooi²,

Wee³

et al. 2015

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Males of certain species belonging to the Bactrocera dorsalis complex are strongly attracted to, and readily feed on methyl eugenol (ME), a plant secondary compound that is found in over 480 plant species worldwide. Amongst those species is one of the world’s most severe fruit pests the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis s.s., and the former taxonomic species Bactrocera invadens, Bactrocera papayae and Bactrocera philippinensis. The latter species have been recently synonymised with Bactrocera dorsalis based on their very similar morphology, mating compatibility, molecular genetics and identical sex pheromones following consumption of ME. Previous studies have shown that male fruit fly responsiveness to lures is a unique phenomenon that is dose species-specific, besides showing a close correlation to sexual maturity attainment. This led us to use ME sensitivity as a behavioural parameter to test if Bactrocera dorsalis and the three former taxonomic species had similar sensitivity towards odours of ME. Using Probit analysis, we estimated the median dose of ME required to elicit species’ positive response in 50% of each population tested (ED50). ED50 values were compared between Bactrocera dorsalis and the former species. Our results showed no significant differences between Bactrocera dorsalis s.s., and the former Bactrocera invadens, Bactrocera papayae and Bactrocera philippinensis in their response to ME. We consider that the Bactrocera males’ sensitivity to ME may be a useful behavioural parameter for species delimitation and, in addition to other integrative taxonomic tools used, provides further supportive evidence that the four taxa belong to one and the same biological species, Bactrocera dorsalis.

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Pheromones, Male Lures, and Trapping of Tephritid Fruit Flies

Cited by 99 publications

References 311 publications

Efficacy of trapping systems for monitoring of Afrotropical fruit flies

Efficacy of trapping systems for monitoring of Afrotropical fruit flies

Potential of locally sustainable food baits and traps against the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata in Bolivia

Comparative sensitivity to methyl eugenol of four putative Bactrocera dorsalis complex sibling species – further evidence that they belong to one and the same species B. dorsalis

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