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Fruit Fly Research and Development in Africa - Towards a Sustainable Management Strategy to Improve Horticulture

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Editors:
  1. Sunday Ekesi

    1. & Ecology (ICIPE), Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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  2. Samira A. Mohamed

    1. Pant Health dept., Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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  3. Marc De Meyer

    1. Entomology Section, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

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  • Comprehensive appraisal of fruit fly problems and solutions in Africa from taxonomy, to bioecology and management with powerful color plates of native and invasive species

  • Powerful focus on management and economic impact assessment

  • All-inclusive assessment of perspective for the future and R&D that are necessary to feed into current management methods

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Biology and Ecology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Taxonomy and Systematics of African Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

      • Marc De Meyer
      Pages 3-18

    3. Identification Tools for African Frugivorous Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

      • Massimiliano Virgilio
      Pages 19-33

    4. Population Genetics of African Frugivorous Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae): Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives

      • Massimiliano Virgilio, Hélène Delatte
      Pages 35-51

    5. Role of Microsatellite Markers in Molecular Population Genetics of Fruit Flies with Emphasis on the Bactrocera dorsalis Invasion of Africa

      • Fathiya M. Khamis, Anna R. Malacrida
      Pages 53-69

    6. Fruit Fly Species Composition, Distribution and Host Plants with Emphasis on Mango-Infesting Species

      • Ivan Rwomushana, Chrysantus M. Tanga
      Pages 71-106

    7. Fruit Fly Species Composition, Distribution and Host Plants with Emphasis on Vegetable-Infesting Species

      • Chrysantus M. Tanga, Ivan Rwomushana
      Pages 107-126

    8. Exotic Invasive Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): In and Out of Africa

      • Marc De Meyer, Sunday Ekesi
      Pages 127-150

    9. Feeding and Mating Behaviour of African Fruit Flies

      • Aruna Manrakhan
      Pages 151-162

    10. Chemical Ecology of African Tephritid Fruit Flies

      • Ayuka T. Fombong, Donald L. Kachigamba, Baldwyn Torto
      Pages 163-205

    11. Fruit Fly Nutrition, Rearing and Quality Control

      • Samira A. Mohamed, Fathiya M. Khamis, Chrysantus M. Tanga
      Pages 207-233

    12. The Ontological Modelling of Fruit Fly Control and Management Knowledge

      • Caroline C. Kiptoo, Aurona Gerber, Alta Van der Merwe
      Pages 235-249

  3. Pre-harvest and Post-harvest Management Measures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Detection and Monitoring of Fruit Flies in Africa

      • Aruna Manrakhan
      Pages 253-273

    3. Baiting and Male Annihilation Techniques for Fruit Fly Suppression in Africa

      • Sunday Ekesi
      Pages 275-292

    4. Waste Brewer’s Yeast as an Alternative Source of Protein for Use as a Bait in the Management of Tephritid Fruit Flies

      • Sunday Ekesi, Chrysantus M. Tanga
      Pages 293-306

    5. Development and Application of Mycoinsecticides for the Management of Fruit Flies in Africa

      • Jean N. K. Maniania, Sunday Ekesi
      Pages 307-324

    6. In and Out of Africa: Parasitoids Used for Biological Control of Fruit Flies

      • Samira A. Mohamed, Mohsen M. Ramadan, Sunday Ekesi
      Pages 325-368

    7. From Behavioural Studies to Field Application: Improving Biological Control Strategies by Integrating Laboratory Results into Field Experiments

      • Katharina Merkel, Valentina Migani, Sunday Ekesi, Thomas S. Hoffmeister
      Pages 369-387
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About this book

Horticultural sector presents many opportunities for economic development and improving livelihood of growers but several factors constrain production and limit the potential for trade of fruits and vegetables. Tephritid fruit flies constitute a major constraint. They cause enormous losses through direct feeding damage and loss of market opportunities through imposition of quarantine restrictions by importing countries to prevent entry and their establishment. In Africa, several native (Ceratitis and Dacus spp) and exotic (Bactrocera and Zeugodacus spp.) species inflict considerable losses to horticulture causing losses ranging from 30-90%. Over the past 10 years of R&D, extensive information has been generated on bioecology and management of several native and exotic fruit flies in Africa. While several specific reviews have addressed various aspects of the biology, ecology and management of economically important tephritid fruit flies; coverage of African native species has been limited largely to Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata – which are not economically important species in many Africa countries. Indeed, no book exist that have explicitly addressed economically important African fruit flies and none of the various reviews, have specifically focused on the status of the bioecology, economic impact and management of exotic and native fruit flies – including several potentially invasive Dacus species attacking vegetables - in Africa. This book consolidates this status of knowledge and socio-economic impact of various intervention techniques that are currently being applied across Africa. The timing of the book is especially pertinent due to the changing fruit fly landscape in Africa – caused by arrivals of the highly destructive alien invasives (Bactrocera dorsalis, B. zonata, and B. latifrons) - and the priorities African countries have placed recently on export of fruits and vegetables to international markets. This is an important reference material for researchers, academics and students that are keen at improving horticulture and enhancing food and nutrition security in Africa and beyond.

Editors and Affiliations

  • & Ecology (ICIPE), Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

    Sunday Ekesi

  • Pant Health dept., Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

    Samira A. Mohamed

  • Entomology Section, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium

    Marc De Meyer

About the editors

Editors:
S. Ekesi, S.A. Mohamed & M. De Meyer


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fruit Fly Research and Development in Africa - Towards a Sustainable Management Strategy to Improve Horticulture

  • Editors: Sunday Ekesi, Samira A. Mohamed, Marc De Meyer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43226-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43224-3Published: 15 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82762-9Published: 30 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43226-7Published: 01 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 778

  • Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations, 94 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Entomology

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