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1 October 2009 Host Status of Blueberry to Invasive Tephritid Fruit Flies in Hawaii
Peter A. Follett, John W. Armstrong, Francis T. Zee
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Forced infestation studies were conducted to determine whether northern or southern highbush blueberries, Vaccinium corymbosum L., are hosts for the invasive tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii. Fruit were exposed to gravid female flies of Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (oriental fruit fly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Mediterranean fruit fly), or Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquilet (melon fly) in screen cages outdoors for 6 h and then held on sand in the laboratory for 2 wk for pupal and adult emergence. The number of puparia, number of puparia per gram, and percentage of adult emergence on ‘Bluecrop’ blueberry were significantly higher for B. dorsalis and C. capitata than B. cucurbitae; B. dorsalis, C. capitata, and B. cucurbitae produced an average of 1.06, 0.60, and 0.09 pupae per g fruit and had 50.8, 54.1, and 12.7% adult emergence, respectively. ‘Berkeley’ blueberries produced an average of only 0.06, 0.02, and 0.0 pupae per g fruit for B. dorsalis, C. capitata, and B. cucurbitae, respectively. Similarly, six blueberry cultivars were harvested weekly for 10 wk, exposed to Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) in cages, and held for pupal and adult emergence on either sand or artificial diet. In total, 2,677 blueberries were exposed to 2,681 B. latifrons and held on sand, and no pupariation or adult emergence was observed. Small numbers of B. latifrons puparia and adults emerged from the artificial diet treatment in all cultivars. Results from rearing on sand and diet indicate that blueberry is an acceptable oviposition host for B. latifrons but not an adequate developmental host. These data suggest blueberry is potentially a good host for B. dorsalis and C. capitata, and an adequate host for Bactrocera cucurbitae, but that there may be significant variation in resistance among cultivars. Blueberry seems to be a nonhost for B. latifrons.

Peter A. Follett, John W. Armstrong, and Francis T. Zee "Host Status of Blueberry to Invasive Tephritid Fruit Flies in Hawaii," Journal of Economic Entomology 102(5), 1859-1863, (1 October 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/029.102.0516
Received: 24 April 2009; Accepted: 1 July 2009; Published: 1 October 2009
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KEYWORDS
Mediterranean fruit fly
melon fly
nonhost
oriental fruit fly
Vaccinium spp.
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