September Fruit Fly News 2009 n.14 Fruit Fly News (September 2009) 14: 1-14 8th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance th st September 26 to 1 October, 2010 Valencia, Spain http://www.fruitflyvalencia2010.org The Organizing Committee of the 8th ISFFEI cordially invites you to attend this meeting, which is scheduled to take place in Valencia's Polytechnic University (UPV) located in Valencia, Spain from 26th September to 1st October 2010. SYMPOSIUM FORMAT AND TOPICS The format of the 8th ISFFEI will differ from previous, as it will be INTERNATIONAL developed in parallel sessions to allow the presentation of most of the CONGRESS ON works in oral format. Topics are wide ranging as before, divided in seven BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS main groups: 1) Biology, Ecology and Behaviour; 2) Genetics, Taxonomy, Morphology and Evolution; 3) Risk Assessment, Quarantine and Post-harvest Treatments; 4) SIT Principles and Application; 2-6 November 2009, Fuzhou, China 5) Area-Wide and Action Programs; 6) Natural Enemies and Biocontrol; and IOBC International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique et Integrée contre les Animaux et les Plantes Nuisibles OILB WPRS / SROP West Palaearctic Regional Section / Section Régionale Ouest Paléarctique 7) Other Control Methods. PRE-PROGRAMME IOBC/WPRS Working Group Will be available on the web page early on 2010. “Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops” TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS Check our web page about 'how to arrival', there you can find a link to the Agadir (Morocco) 'Grupo Pacifico' enterprise, who is the technical secretariat of the Congress. 1-3 March 2010 CONTENTS IMPORTANT DATES NEWS2 Pre-Inscription opens on September 2009, closes at the end of November. Library8 Early bird inscription: From 1st December 2009 to 31st March 2010. Opportunities9 Abstract deadline: 31st March 2010 st Manuscript draft for Proceedings deadline: 1 July 2010. Final Event Calendar11 manuscripts should be sent no later than 31st October 2010. Dr. Beatriz Sabater-Muñoz ([email protected]) Call for Contribution14 Fruit Fly Newsletter 2 NEWS Tephritid Workers of the Western Hemisphere TWWH http://www.tephritid.org/twd.twwh/srv/en/home In order to facilitate networking and to promote exchange of information, knowledge, ideas and experiences, during the next years we will focus on the construction, promotion and strengthening of our Internet site Tephritid Workers of the Western Hemisphere (TWWH). We intend that this space (TWWH) will be used to share information relevant to our region, such as posting the proceedings of the Mazatlan meeting and of previous meetings, pictures, unpublished relevant documents, the history of our community and others. The value and usefulness of this web site will depend directly on our active participation. Therefore, I invite you to register directly at TWWH or update your existing information at TWD and your TWD record will be transferred to TWWH by the administrator. Your contributions will benefit our community and will enable us to deal more efficiently and successfully with fruit fly problems. Yours sincerely, Pablo Liedo West African Regional Action Plan to Control Fruit Fly The Standards and Trade Development Facility STDF is a joint initiative in capacity building and technical cooperation aiming at raising awareness on the importance of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues, increasing coordination in the provision of SPS-related The World Bank, the EC and the STDF jointly assistance, and mobilizing resources to assist commissioned COLEACP to conduct a follow up exercise to developing countries enhance their capacity to complete the EC study with a proposed budget and meet SPS standards. institutional set-up, in order to outline a comprehensive project document for the control of fruit fly in West Africa. In achieving its aims, the STDF acts both as a The work by COLEACP and its team of consultants was coordinating and a financing mechanism. conducted in June and July 2009 in close collaboration with ECOWAS. A workshop was held in Bamako, Mali on 29-30 To learn more about the STDF September 2009 to sensitize donors and stakeholders on the planned initiatives to control fruit flies in West Africa. Agenda, Excecutive summary. Workshop outcome documents can be found at: http://www.standardsfacility.org/Fruit_Fly.htm Fruit Fly Newsletter 3 NEWS Pest alert Fruit Fly Pest, Drosophila suzukii, in North America Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila Suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a serious fruit pest new to North America, has now been found in cherries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries in California.. More at http://www.fl-dpi.com/enpp/ento/drosophila_suzukii.html Also check out Mark Bolda's blog for the most up-to-date information on this new pest by clicking here. Drosophila suzukii Photo courtesy Ed Show Driscoll Strawberry Associates Resolution of Cryptic Species Complexes of Tephritid Pests to Overcome Constraints to SIT Application and International Trade A Consultants’ Meeting was held in Vienna in July 2009 to identify strategies to resolve the cryptic fruit fly species complexes of economic importance in relation to trade in agricultural products and the integration of SIT in AW-IPM approaches. The consultants recommended that: a) Given the current difficulties encountered world-wide in the identification of pest species of fruit flies, a Co- ordinated Research Project (CRP) on defining species limits and developing species discrimination techniques is recommended for facilitation of agricultural world trade and effective SIT application. b) A CRP focus on several cryptic species complexes of tephritid genera that include pests of significant economic impact, which are currently causing major difficulties in world trade, and which have potential for SIT application. c) Four fruit fly complexes should be addressed during the CRP. Anastrepha fraterculus, B. dorsalis and B. cucurbitae with high priority, followed by Ceratitis rosa with medium priority. d) Current macroscopic (such as morphology, physiology, chemical ecology, behaviour and ecology) and molecular technologies (DNA, allozymes, cytology, genomics) need to be consolidated and systematically tested against critical target pest species. e) R&D in the CRP should be directed toward an improved understanding of these technologies in relation to the identified pest complexes and in developing defined protocols and diagnostic tools for use in quarantine systems and operational SIT programmes. The 1st Research Coordination Meeting (RCM) is tentatively planned in Vienna from 14-18 June 2010. Deadline to receive proposals for research agreements and research contracts is early January 2010. The forms can be found under: http://www-crp.iaea.org More… Source: J. Hendrichs Fruit Fly Newsletter 4 NEWS NEWSLETTER of the FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY The June and September issues of Florida Entomologist are posted at http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/feissues.htm FES 2009 Annual Meeting The annual meeting abstracts have been posted at http://flaentsoc.org/2009annmeetabstracts.pdf , and the program at http://flaentsoc.org/2009annmeetprogram.pdf Source: Richard Mankin ARS-USDA CMAVE Florida Entomological Society Mail List [[email protected] Note on The Fourth International Meeting on Taxonomy and Natural History of Tephritoidea, June 9-14, 2008 The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA The Fourth International Meeting on Taxonomy and Natural History of Tephritoidea was held at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tennessee on June 9-14, 2008. Twenty-four participants from 11 countries attended this meeting organized by Drs. Bruce Sutton, Gary Steck (Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL), and Allen Norrbom (Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington, DC). More… Source: Chen Xiao-lin Photo by Xiaolin Chen, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China and Allen Norrbom, Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington, DC, USA Fruit Fly Newsletter 5 NEWS Using portable gas spectrometry for the detection of invasive pests at ports of entry Amy L. Roda, P. E. Kendra, S. W. Weihman, E. Varona, W. S. Montgomery, E. Q. Schnell, A. Vázquez, N. D. Epsky, and R. R. Heath USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Miami, FL. Inspectors at ports of entry are faced with the daunting task of trying to find regulated insect and plant material amongst the millions of articles passing through inspection stations daily. Small insects, pests concealed inside plant material and plant diseases can easily escape detection and invade the country. In a collaborative effort, portable gas chromatography technology was tested to determine if volatile signatures could be used to detect fruit fly larvae concealed in grapefruit and to distinguish permissible bonsai trees species from prohibited citrus species. Source : http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5525799.html Source: http://flaentsoc.org/2009annmeetabstracts.pdf Visit Tephritid Workers Database www.tephritid.org With more than 900 contacts Fruit Fly Newsletter 6 NEWS The detection of damage to fruit fly cells using a Laser Scanning Cytometer Richard Glatz has obtained funding from Horticulture Australia Ltd. (approx. 610K for 3 years) for a third project to develop an assay to quantify irradiation damage in Fruit Flies. An initial planning meeting was recently