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Estimating SIT-driven population reduction in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, from sterile mating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2014

M. Juan-Blasco ,
B. Sabater-Muñoz ,
I. Pla ,
R. Argilés ,
P. Castañera ,
J. A. Jacas ,
M. V. Ibáñez-Gual  and
A. Urbaneja
M. Juan-Blasco
Affiliation:
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Unidad Asociada de Entomología UJI-IVIA-CIB (CSIC), E-46113 Moncada, Spain
B. Sabater-Muñoz
Affiliation:
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Unidad Asociada de Entomología UJI-IVIA-CIB (CSIC), E-46113 Moncada, Spain
I. Pla
Affiliation:
Departamento de Plagas, Transformaciones Agrarias SA (TRAGSA), E-46980 Paterna, Spain
R. Argilés
Affiliation:
Departamento de Plagas, Transformaciones Agrarias SA (TRAGSA), E-46980 Paterna, Spain
P. Castañera
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Medioambiental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Unidad Asociada de Entomología IVIA-CIB (CSIC), E-28040 Madrid, Spain
J. A. Jacas
Affiliation:
Departament de Ciències Agràries i del Medi Natural, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Unitat Associada d'Entomologia UJI-IVIA, Campus del Riu Sec, E-12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
M. V. Ibáñez-Gual
Affiliation:
Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Campus del Riu Sec, E-12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
A. Urbaneja*
Affiliation:
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, Unidad Asociada de Entomología UJI-IVIA-CIB (CSIC), E-46113 Moncada, Spain
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*Author for correspondence Phone: +34 963424130 Fax: +34 963424001 E-mail: aurbaneja@ivia.es
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Abstract

Area-wide sterile insect technique (SIT) programs assume that offspring reduction of the target population correlates with the mating success of the sterile males released. However, there is a lack of monitoring tools to prove the success of these programs in real-time. Field-cage tests were conducted under the environmental conditions of the Mediterranean coast of Spain to estimate: (a) the mating success of sterile Vienna-8 (V8) Ceratitis capitata males using molecular markers and (b) their efficacy to reduce C. capitata populations under six release ratios of wild females to wild males to V8 males (1:0:0, 1:1:0, 1:1:1, 1:1:5, 1:1:10, and 1:1:20). Statistical models were developed to predict: (a) the number of females captured in traps, (b) sperm ID (sterile or not) in spermathecae of the trapped females, and (c) the viable offspring produced, using release ratio and temperature as predictors. The number of females captured was affected by relative humidity. However, its influence in the model was low. Female captures were significantly higher in ratios 1:0:0 compared to ratios where V8 males were released. The proportion of V8 sperm in spermathecae increased with temperature and with the number of V8 males released, but leveled off between ratios 1:1:10 and 1:1:20. In all seasons, except winter (no offspring), viable offspring increased with temperature and was lowest for ratio 1:1:20. For the first time, a strong negative relationship between proportion of V8 sperm detected by molecular tools and C. capitata offspring was established. The models obtained should contribute to enhance the efficacy of SIT programs against this pest.

Keywords

fruit fliesmating successmonitoring tooloverflooding ratioTephritidaeVienna-8
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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 104 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 233 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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