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1 October 2011 Chemosterilant Bait Stations Coupled with Sterile Insect Technique: An Integrated Strategy to Control the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)
V. Navarro-Llopis, S. Vacas, J. Sanchis, J. Primo, C. Alfaro
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Abstract

During 2008 and 2009, the efficacy of the combination of two Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), control techniques, sterile insect technique (SIT) and a chemosterilant bait station system (Adress), was tested in three crops: citrus (Citrus spp.), stone fruit (Pranus spp.), and persimmon (Diospyros spp.). Two thousand sterile males were released per ha each week in the whole trial area (50,000 ha, SIT area). For 3,600 ha, within the whole trial area, 24 Adress traps per ha were hung (SIT Adress area). Ten SIT Adress plots and 10 SIT plots in each of three different fruit crops were arranged to assess Mediterranean fruit fly population densities and fruit damage throughout the trial period. To evaluate the efficacy of each treatment, the male and female populations were each monitored from August 2008 to November 2009, and injured fruit was assessed before harvest. Results showed a significant reduction in the C. capitata population in plots treated with both techniques versus plots treated only with the SIT. Likewise, a corresponding reduction in the percentage of injured fruit was observed. These data indicate the compatibility of these techniques and suggest the possibility of using Adress coupled with SIT to reduce C. capitata populations in locations with high population densities, where SIT alone is not sufficiently effective to suppress fruit fly populations to below damaging levels.

© 2011 Entomological Society of America
V. Navarro-Llopis, S. Vacas, J. Sanchis, J. Primo, and C. Alfaro "Chemosterilant Bait Stations Coupled with Sterile Insect Technique: An Integrated Strategy to Control the Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 104(5), 1647-1655, (1 October 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC10448
Received: 16 December 2010; Accepted: 1 July 2011; Published: 1 October 2011
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KEYWORDS
Adress
Ceratitis capitata
chemosterilant
lufenuron
SIT
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