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Florida Entomologist 85(1):1-13. 2002
doi: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0001:MASITP]2.0.CO;2

MEDFLY AREAWIDE STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE PROGRAMMES FOR PREVENTION, SUPPRESSION OR ERADICATION: THE IMPORTANCE OF MATING BEHAVIOR STUDIES

J. Hendrichsa, A. S. Robinsonb, J. P. Cayolc, and W. Enkerlina

aInsect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division, Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

bEntomology Unit, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Austria

cWest Asia Section, Technical Cooperation Division, IAEA, Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

Abstract

The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is amongst the most non-disruptive pest control methods. Unlike some other biologically-based methods it is species specific, does not release exotic agents into new environments and does not even introduce new genetic material into existing populations as the released organisms are not self-replicating. However, the SIT is only effective when integrated on an areawide basis, addressing the total population of the pest, irrespective of its distribution. There has been considerable progress in the development and integrated application of the SIT against the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, as reflected by operational programs for prevention, suppression and eradication of this pest. There is however, considerable scope for improving the efficiency of medfly SIT, an indispensable requirement for increased involvement of the private sector in any future application. One way to achieve this has been the development of genetic sexing strains, making it possible to release only sterile males. Another is improving sterile male performance through a better understanding of the sexual behavior of this insect. Unlike other insects for which the SIT has been successfully applied, medfly has a complex lek-based mating system in which the females exert the mate choice selecting among aggregated and displaying wild and sterile males. With the objective of developing a better understanding of medfly mating behavior, an FAO/IAEA Coordinated Research Project was carried out from 1994 to 1999. Some of the resulting work conducted during this period with the participation of research teams from ten countries is reported in this issue.

RESUMEN

La técnica del insecto estéril (TIE) está entre los métodos de control de plagas menos perjudiciales. A diferencia de otros métodos con base biológica, la TIE es específica a nivel de especie, no transfiere agentes exóticos hacia nuevos ambientes y ni siquiera introduce nuevo material genético dentro de las poblaciones existentes debido a que los organismos liberados no se pueden auto replicar. Sin embargo, la TIE es solamente efectiva cuando se integra en forma extensiva, considerando el total de la población de la plaga, sin importar su distribución. Ha habido considerable progreso en el desarrollo y la aplicación integral de la TIE contra la mosca del Mediterráneo, Ceratitis capitata, tal como lo reflejan los programas operacionales para la prevención, supresión y erradicación de esta plaga. Existe sin embargo, un considerable campo para mejorar la eficiencia de la TIE de la mosca del mediterráneo, un requerimiento indispensable por aumentar la participació del sector privado en cualquier aplicación futura. Una forma de lograr esto ha sido a través del desarrollo de razas genéticamente sexadas, haciendo posible la liberación solamente de machos estériles. Otra es el mejoramiento del desempeño de los machos estériles por medio de un mejor entendimiento del comportamiento sexual de este insecto. A diferencia de otros insectos para los cuales la TIE ha sido aplicada exitosamente, la mosca del Mediterráneo presenta un complejo sistema de apareamiento basado la agregación de machos en un “lek”, deutro del cual la hembra ejerce la selección de pareja escogiendo entre el total de los machos salvajes y estériles en cortejo. Con el objetivo de desarrollar un mejor entendimiento del comportamiento de apareamiento de la mosca del Mediterráneo, un proyecto de investigación coordinado por FAO/IAEA se llevó a cabo de 1994 a 1999. En esta edición se reportan algunos de los trabajos conducidos durante este periodo con la participación de equipos de investigación pertenecientes a diez países.

Keywords: Mediterranean fruit fly, medfly, Ceratitis capitata, areawide IPM, sterile insect technique, SIT, mating behavior, lek, quality control



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Fig. 1. Current worldwide production capacity of sterile fruit flies.

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Table 1. Costs per million sterile males at varying production levels at the Moscamed medfly mass rearing facility, El Pino, Guatemala.1

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Table 2. Comparison of male mating systems of insect pest species that are the target of application of the Sterile Insect Technique.

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Table 3. Listing of relevant studies conducted on various aspects related to medfly sexual behavior and mating competitiveness.

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