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    Taxonomy, ecology, and management of native and exotic fruit fly species in Africa

    Authors
    Ekesi, S.
    De Meyer, M.
    Mohamed, SA.
    Virgilio, M.
    Borgemeister, C.
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    Discipline
    Biological sciences
    Subject
    Invertebrates
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2016
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    Description
    Horticulture is one of the most important agricultural subsectors in Africa, providing income, creating employment opportunities, and enhancing food and nutritional security. However, tephritid fruit flies are responsible for both direct and indirect losses, with alien invasive species often having the most severe ecological and economic impact. In the past 20 years, systematic analysis of tephritids has provided comparative information on taxonomy, synonymy, and character-state differentiation. New molecular techniques are now available for identifying species, reconstructing phylogenies, and studying population genetic structures. Research on biology, host range and shifts, thermotolerance, and demography has provided useful information for developing predictive and ecological niche models to guide management methods. In recent years, the responses of various species to attractants have been documented. Several suppression methods, including the release of coevolved parasitoid species targeting invasives, have been promoted within the context of IPM, leading to improvement in the quality and quantity of fruits and vegetables produced. Yet wide-scale availability of these technologies remains out of reach for smallholder growers across Africa.
    Citation
    Ekesi, S.; De Meyer, M.; Mohamed, SA.; Virgilio, M.; Borgemeister, C. (2016). Taxonomy, ecology, and management of native and exotic fruit fly species in Africa. , Annual Review of Entomology, Vol. 61, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023603.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/2633
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023603
    url: http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-ento-010715-023603
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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