| Title: | Mass-Rearing of Drosophila suzukii for Sterile Insect Technique Application: Evaluation of Two Oviposition Systems |
| Author(s): | Sassu F; Nikolouli K; Caravantes S; Taret G; Pereira R; Vreysen MJB; Stauffer C; Caceres C; |
| Address: | "BOKU, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria. Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Wagramerstrasse 5, P.O. Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. Instituto de Sanidad y Calidad Agropecuaria ISCAMEN, Mendoza 3050, Argentina" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2075-4450 (Print) 2075-4450 (Electronic) 2075-4450 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is an invasive pest of a wide range of commercial soft-skinned fruits. To date, most management tactics are based on spraying of conventional and/or organic insecticides, baited traps, and netting exclusion. Interest has been expressed in using the sterile insect technique (SIT) as part of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) programs to control D. suzukii infestations. Mass-rearing protocols are one of the prerequisites for successful implementation of the SIT. To establish mass-rearing methods for this species, two different egg-collection systems were developed and compared with respect to the number of eggs produced, egg viability, pupa and adult recovery, adult emergence rate, and flight ability. Female flies kept in cages equipped with a wax panel produced significantly more eggs with higher viability and adult emergence rate, as compared to the netted oviposition system. The wax panel system was also more practical and less laborious regarding the collection of eggs. Furthermore, the wax panel oviposition system can be adapted to any size or design of an adult cage. In conclusion, this system bears great promise as an effective system for the mass production of D. suzukii for SIT" |
| Keywords: | female oviposition behavior netted system pest management spotted wing drosophila wax panel system; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINESassu, Fabiana Nikolouli, Katerina Caravantes, Silvana Taret, Gustavo Pereira, Rui Vreysen, Marc J B Stauffer, Christian Caceres, Carlos eng ANR-15-CE21-0017-01/Agence Nationale de la Recherche/ FWF-I2604-B25/Austrian Science Fund/ Switzerland 2019/12/18 Insects. 2019 Dec 12; 10(12):448. doi: 10.3390/insects10120448" |
