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Serge Quilici
1955-2015
©Photo credit M.Virgilio Africamuseum, Belgium
FOR TEPHRITID FRUIT FLY WORKERS
© Fruit Fly News MAY 2015 FFN#31
FRUIT FLY NEWS
FFN#31—MAY 2015
In this issue..
Fruit Fly News interview with Ian White 3
Serge Quilici Obituary (1955 –2015) 8
Cheslavo A. Korytkowski Guillén Obituary (1941-2015) 9
Sexual behaviour and male volatile compounds 10
Pakistan workshop on fruit fly Biology and Taxonomy 11
Doctoral scholarship opportunity 13
People 14
Book release 17
Coming events 18
Tephritid fruit fly references 18
Newsletter back issues 18
FRUIT FLY NEWS EDITORS
Abdeljelil Bakri
Brian Barnes
Olivia Reynolds
Pablo Liedo
FFN #31
FFN interview with
Ian M. White
white.dacus@btinternet.com
I
kan pipeline project) held Handbooks for the Identifi-
greater appeal for me and I cation of British Insects se-
an White is developed a childhood in- ries. After that I secured a
one of the great- terest in beetles. When I further assistantship study-
est contributors to was about 13 my father’s job ing the nymphal stages of
tephritid fruit fly sys- moved to the south-east of psyllids and I was able to
tematics in our time. London and we joined the write-up that work for a
Kent Field Club. They also Ph.D., with external super-
had meetings almost every vision provided by Dave
Here is an intimate inter-
weekend and two of the reg- Hollis at the NHM. There
view shared by Ian, in-
ulars (Ken Side and Eric followed another year in
cluding some enthralling
Philp) were enthusiast Cole- Liverpool writing a second
anecdotes from an excep-
opterists. I started to take volume in the Royal Ento-
tional career and life in en-
specimens to the Natural mological Society’s Hand-
tomology
History Museum (NHM) in book series to cover the im-
London where I met more mature stages of British
How (Why) did you professional entomologists psyllids.
choose to be an ento- and inevitably I decided I
mologist? wanted to be one! The next two years were
My parents belonged to a spent working for the Na-
local natural history socie- I was far from being a gifted ture Conservancy Council
ty in Hertfordshire (to the student but by grim deter- as part of a small team
north of London) and used mination managed to get compiling a register of sites
to attend field meetings the school qualifications of importance for the con-
almost every weekend. that allowed me to study servation of insects. I was
The group produced a Zoology at Imperial College, lucky enough to be posted
book on the fauna and flo- London, then regarded as to Edinburgh and given the
ra of a place called North- almost the essential basis responsibility of collating
aw Great Wood and they for a career in entomology. the register for Scotland.
took on the task of writing After graduating I went to The contract was only for
a chapter on the fungi. work as a research assistant two years and at just the
However, the insect survey at Liverpool Polytechnic right time for me the Com-
work carried out by Brian (now John Moores Univer- monwealth Institute of En-
Sage (an employee of BP sity), helping Ian Hodkin- tomology (CIE) were re-
who professionally led im- son to write a book on Psyl- cruiting staff for three new
pact surveys for the Alas- loidea (Homoptera) for the posts. None were in
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son succès réside dans son Le contenu de votre bulletin
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on the Chats-
teur, la conjoncture écono- du mois, la critique d'un livre, worth House
mique et commerciale ou les
prévisions concernant vos
une lettre du président ou
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estate, Peak
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Auckland, New Zealand,
1996 Page v
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Coleoptera which was where than before. That was a process began to inter-
my real passion still lay so I quantifiable benefit of basic est me and I started to
risked making an open appli- taxonomy that I returned develop identification
cation without specifying to again and again when software which I called
which post I was particularly trying to “sell” taxonomy. CABIKEY. By that
interested in. That paid off Part of my job was to pro- time CAB had become
and in 1982 I was recruited to vide routine identifications CAB International
be assistant Dipterist under of fruit flies and other Dip- (CABI) and somewhat
Keith Harris. CIE was part of tera to researchers in our tongue in cheek I al-
the Commonwealth Agricul- Commonwealth member ways claimed that
tural Bureaux (CAB) but the countries, and to help pro- CABIKEY was an acro-
insect taxonomists were based vide training both at home nym for Computer
in the NHM, and I soon start- and abroad. It was while Aided Biological Iden-
ed to focus on Tephritidae as helping to teach fruit fly tification Key!
being amongst the most im- identification in Malaysia
portant fly pests in the mem- Is there anything
with Dick Drew and Mar-
ber countries. that you wanted to
lene Elson-Harris from
achieve/complete
What are you most proud Brisbane that we identified
but you did not
of in your career and who the need for a basic manual
manage for any
inspired you? for the identification of the
reasons?
pest groups worldwide. The
It’s difficult to choose but I book Fruit Flies of Eco- It is unfortunate that
suppose really it was in find- nomic Significance was in the 1997-9 period
ing ways to promote fruit fly thus born over a beer by a CABI found it neces-
taxonomy to various broader swimming pool one even- sary to pull the plug
fields. When I started to study ing in Kuala Lumpur! Mar- on most of their scien-
fruit flies I had expected to be lene had been doing some tific services which re-
working on tropical genera fantastic work on the iden- sulted in staff losing
from the start. However, I tification of the larvae of jobs. The Windows
needed training as a Dipterist fruit flies and it seemed version of CABIKEY
first so compiled yet another natural to integrate that in- had been used as the
volume in the British Hand- to the book, along with bio- basis of CD-ROM pub-
books series. Most European nomic data gathered from lications in 1997 and
tephritids develop in the flow- the abstracting sources the time was right for
er heads of Asteraceae, some published by CAB. The handing the whole
of which are adventive weeds book was published in 1992 thing over to a profes-
in North America, and I got and sold well enough to re- sional programmer to
involved in weed biocontrol quire reprinting in 1994. add a user friendly da-
projects. Taxonomic study ta input system, so
cleared up a lot of confusion At about the same time the that the system could
of host relationships and the potential use of computers be marketed to other
potential list of control agents to assist the identification taxonomists. The rival
after revision was greater LUCID system had
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been given a professional front end Where was your best foreign desti-
and sells well but the CABIKEY con- nation, and where else would you
cept inevitably fell by the wayside. like to go?
I’d hate to single out any one destination
However, I was still able to put data
as I was privileged to travel to so many
into CABIKEY (under license from
places! Before I joined CABI I’d already
CABI) and that enabled me to secure
visited a few areas in the Neotropics and
short-term contracts to carry on de-
the Hawaiian Islands. With CABI I got to
veloping fruit fly identification aids
travel to several Asian countries and Aus-
as well as more general taxonomic
tralasia, and after CABI Kenya, South Afri-
research. Most of my subsequent
ca and to the Indian Ocean islands of
work was carried out under the um-
Mauritius and Reunion. For the combina-
brella of the African Fruit Fly Initia-
tion of biology and scenery the isolated is-
tive organized by ICIPE in Nairobi.
lands of Reunion and the Hawaiian Is-
Most of my funding came from the
lands were of particular interest. If it were
US, either as US-AID or USDA pro-
possible to somehow skip the long journey
jects organized by Bob Wharton at
I’d certainly visit those areas again but in
Texas A&M University and adminis-
practice I suspect the Scottish Highlands
tered by the NHM. The most notable
or perhaps the Alps will be the limit from
achievement was a monographic re-
now on!
vision of the African species of
Dacus. Last words…
Where do you and your family I’d like to mention the huge debt of grati-
like to go on vacation? tude that I owe to the NHM who made all
the former CABI entomologists Scientific
The short answer to that is anywhere
Associates of their museum. They provid-
with rugged or mountainous scen-
ed us with a base from which to continue
ery! Our son went to a College in
research provided we had the funds. We
Sheffield and then settled there.
each faced the stark choice of trying to
Sheffield is on the edge of the Peak
carry on in entomology or looking else-
District National Park and my wife
where and I actually got as far as being
and I soon fell in love with the area
asked for interview by an IT company.
too. Early in 2014 we moved to the
Luckily funding for a project came
spa town of Buxton, which is sur-
through a few days later and with the sup-
rounded by the Peak District and has
port of my wife Joy the decision was made
been a resort since Roman times.
to stick with my chosen profession! Those
For the first 15 months we did not
first projects were Dutch funded under the
travel anywhere and the everlasting
Fauna Malesiana umbrella and one was to
vacation continues!
produce a CABIKEY system for vector spe-
cies of mosquitos. The African fruit fly
projects I mentioned earlier soon fol-
lowed.
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Obituary Page 8
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Cheslavo A. Korytkowski Guillén
(1941-2015)
Dr. Cheslavo Korytkowski, He was interested in both taxonomy
sadly passed away on May 12, and pest management. His research
2015 papers were on taxonomy of Diptera
(Lonchaieidae, Ulidiiadae, Richardi-
idae, Agromyzidae and Tephritidae),
and the biology, biological control
and pest management of fruit flies in
Central America.
He was well known for the many
Photo credit Pablo Rodriguez (MIDA, Panama)
training courses in fruit fly identifi-
cation that he organized and led.
He was a professor at the Entomolo-
gy Program of the University of Pan-
ama. He was always willing to col-
W
laborate and advise fruit fly pro-
e regret to inform our grams.
community of tephriti-
dologists that our col- In recent years, he was a close advi-
league and friend, Dr. sor to the Ministry of Agricultural
Cheslavo Korytkowski, passed away on Development (MIDA) in Panama,
May 12, 2015. Cheslavo was born in and the Inter-regional Organization
Arequipa, Peru in 1941. He studied on Plant and Animal Heath (OIRSA)
Agronomy (1961-64) and a Master of in Central America.
Science degree (1970-72) at the Agrar-
ian National University in Peru. Later, He will be remembered for his deep
in 1982, he was awarded a Doctor of knowledge, and his friendship.
Science (Entomology) degree at the
University of San Marcos. Pablo Liedo & Allen L. Norrbom
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Sexual behaviour and male volatile compounds
in wild and mass-reared strains
of the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Loew)
(Diptera:Tephritidae) held under different colony
management regimes
Carlos Felipe Bosa
Department of Tropical Entomology
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Tapchula Chiapas, Mexico
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is a ness. A number of studies have
species-specific, non-polluting pest
control method, and has been used ef-
fectively in many area-wide fruit fly
control programs. This technique has
been used for the control of the Mexi-
can fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens, in
Mexico and Southern USA for more
than 30 years. Mass-reared sterilized
males are released into the field
where they compete against wild
© Photocredit Carlos Felipe Bosa
males for matings with receptive wild
females in order to transfer the sperm
-carrying dominant lethal mutations
for inducing sterility in wild females.
Periodically, the fitness of mass-reared
sterilized males to compete with wild
males should be tested with respect
to, for example, escaping predation,
male competitiveness, survival under
extreme weather conditions, and
chemical cue composition during sex-
ual activity. demonstrated the improvement of
As an alternative method for mass- male mating competitiveness from hy-
reared strain improvement, selection bridization (e.g. crossing wild males
of best-performing males as parents and mass-reared females).
for mass rearing has been proposed, The present research had two aims.
by which selection for mating and sur- The first was More..
vival increased mating competitive-
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One-day training workshop on
the Biology and Taxonomy of Fruit Flies of Pakistan
Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Pakistan
T
here are nearly fifteen species nomic research is also important for further re-
of fruit flies in Pakistan. search on ecology, population monitoring and de-
veloping market access strategies. The identifica-
Three species, B. zonata, B. cucur-
tion of similar visually species of fruit flies is a diffi-
bitae and B. dorsalis, are severe pests of all
cult task for non-taxonomic scientists.
commercially grown fruits and vegetables
such as guava, mango, orange, banana and Acknowledging this importance, the Pakistan Mu-
melon. seum of Natural History (PMNH) organized a 1-day
training workshop on “Taxonomy and Biology of
They attack the fruits at the ripening stage,
Fruit Flies” on 25th February, 2015. The Chairman
when the growers had already made all the
of the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), Prof. Dr.
investments on crop production and are ready
Muhammad Ashraf, was the main guest of the
to harvest the fruit.
event. Sixteen participants belonging to the re-
The presence of pest fruit flies in Pakistan has
search, extension, and plant protection wings of the
resulted in quarantine restrictions being im-
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sind provinces,
posed by importing countries. Some countries
scientists of the National Agricultural Research
like Iran, USA and Turkey have denied all ac-
Council (NARC), the Federal Plant Protection De-
cess to their markets for fruits produced in
partment, CABI Biosciences and Ph.D. students of
Pakistan, while other countries (Australia,
different universities attended the training work-
Japan and EU) require that expensive disin-
shop. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Curator, PMNH, gave a
festation treatments be carried out in Paki-
presentation on identification, distribution and host
stan before shipment. Similarly, quarantine
range of fruit fly species recorded from Pakistan.
regulations in Pakistan have to be imposed to
Dr. Ihsan ul Haq, S.S.O., NARC, gave a presentation
limit the spread of fruit flies to other areas,
on “Current approaches for management of fruit
and to save indigenous horticulture from ex-
flies”.
otic species of fruit flies like Ceratitis capitata
In their comments after the workshop, the partici-
and Bactrocera minax, etc..
pants highly appreciated the effort of PMNH for
Correctly identifying these pests is the fore-
holding this workshop. They also suggested con-
most step for formulating effective and envi-
ducting this workshop on an annual basis, and that
ronmentally safe pest management tools and
it should be conducted over 2 to 3 days.
realistic quarantine decision-making. Taxo-
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FFN #31
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Ph.D. OPPORTUNITY
ARPPIS-DAAD doctoral
scholarships available for
study at icipe, Kenya
3-year doctoral training in insect sciences
for development
Deadline: 6th June 2015
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenya, in
partnership with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) In-
Country/In-Region Scholarships Programme and African university partners,
requests applications for doctoral research scholarships in the African Re-
gional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Sciences (ARPPIS).
Twelve DAAD-ARPPIS PhD scholarships are available in 2015.
The PhD programme will commence in September 2015.
Follow the link for more information on the eligibility criteria
Why not send us a short Contributions received before 30th
story about your lab or September 2015 will be posted on
your research project? the next FFN issue (#32).
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Kemo BADJI
(Ph.D.)
Agronomist, Entomologist,
Quantitative Ecology Scientist
Projet Lutte contre les Mouches
des Fruits-CEDEAO
CRSA, Sotuba, Bamako, MALI.
CelPh:+223 83 32 65 69
Dr. Kémo BADJI has recently
been nominated as Head of the
surveillance component of the
Fruit Fly Control Project in
West Africa.
© Photo by Kemo Badji
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Dr. Kémo BADJI is a research entomologist
at the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV) of
the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Equipment of the Republic of Sénégal, in
Dakar. He is recognized for his research in
the areas of quantitative ecology, biological
control, mass rearing, and IPM of fruit flies
with over 10 co-authored scientific articles.
Dr. Badji completed his B.Sc. in plant pro-
tection in 2005 at the Agro-Hydro-Metéo
Center’s Major Training Program in Niamey, Niger, and his MSc. in Agriculture and plant protection (major Ento-
mopathology) at the University of Thiès (UT), Senegal. Dr. Badji was co-supervised by researchers at both UT and the
Department of Entomology of Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg VA, USA. He then
attended the University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Mali
in collaboration with Virginia Tech where he completed his Ph.D. in 2014 in quanti-
tative ecology and applied biology and has since continued in this stream. .
© Photo by Kemo Badji
Dr. Badji worked as a Research Assistant from 1996 to 2005 at the Rearing Re-
search Unit in DPV, where base funding increased from $150,000 to $400,000
through a series of fruit fly suppression trials funded by USAID and DANIDA. He
has been called upon frequently for advice by the Plant Health Inspection and Quar-
antine Service, National Agricultural Extension and USAID funded NGOS. Dr.
Badji’s research collaborations extend over 15 years with organisations including
the Office of International Research and Development,Virginia Tech, USDA/ARS
Daniel K. Inouye US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo HI, DMU-
University of Aarhus, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service of the US Embassy in Dakar, Senegal.
Dr. Badji has presented over 50 scientific papers and participated in workshops worldwide. Dr. Badji was awarded over
$100,000 from the Senegal Government to supplement DPV with funds for fruit fly suppression programs. From 2006
to 2014, he coordinated multiple successful fruit fly national projects in Senegal. In October 2014, he was selected as a
fruit fly population surveillance expert in the ECOWAS Community Fruit Fly Suppression and Control project. In 2015,
he moved to Bamako for the new responsibilities. Dr. Badji’s new role with respect to the ECOWAS’s 16 countries is to
organize a national and regional monitoring system for fruit fly populations, monitor fruit fly impact on fruits, especially
mango, monitor ongoing control measures efficacy and provide information and alerts to consumers and growers on
emerging pests of mango in West Africa.
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Dr. Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar
Bihar Agricultural University
Sabour—Bhagalpur, Bihar, India
Dr. Prabhakar recently joined the Department of Entomology, Bihar
Agricultural University as Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist.
His Masters and Doctoral research studies were on fruit fly-bacteria
symbiosis, and fruit fly biodiversity on the Indian
subcontinent, conducted at CSK Himachal Pradesh
Agricultural University, Palampur, Himachal Pra-
desh, India. Before joining his present position, he
worked as a post-doctoral researcher on different as-
pects of fruit fly ecology and management and on
other insect pests in different national and internation-
al laboratories, viz. the Indian Council Agricultural
Research Complex for Eastern Region, Research
Centre, Jharkhand, India; the International Crops Re-
search Institute for Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Patancheru, India; and the Nuclear Agriculture and
Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre, Trombay, India. He is also a recipient of
© Photo by C.S. Prabhakar
prestigious Dr KS Krishnan Research Fellowship
awarded by the President of India on recommendation
of the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences
(BRNS), DAE, Govt of India, to work on peaceful
uses of radiation technology in insect pest manage-
ment.
His research interests include
fruit fly systematics, manage-
ment and quarantine, insect-
bacterial symbiosis, phylogeog-
raphy, plant protection in a
changing climate scenario, use
of radiation in insect pest man-
agement, incompatible insect
technique (IIT), and area-wide
Bihar Agri University by night IPM of insect pests.
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Mohammad Shadmany
MSc Entomology
Charles Sturt University (CSU)
Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute,
Centre of Excellence for Plant and Animal Health
Sydney, Australia
In March this year, Mohammad Shadmany joined Charles Sturt University (CSU)
as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr Olivia Reynolds (NSW Department of Primary
Industries) and Prof Geoff Gurr (CSU). Originally heralding from Iran, Mohammad completed
his Masters in Entomology at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) where he focused on insecticide
resistance and molecular systematics of the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius).
Now based at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Sydney, Australia (a Centre of Ex-
cellence for Plant and
Animal Health), Mo-
hammad’s PhD will
look at fundamental
and applied aspects for
improving sterile male
Queensland fruit fly,
Bactrocera tryoni
(Froggatt) fitness and
performance using
male lures.
It is anticipated that
Mohammad’s research
could lead to signifi-
cant cost reductions in
current Sterile Insect
Technique practices.
Project title: Semio-
© Photo by M. Shadmany
chemical-mediated
enhancement of the
Sterile Insect Tech-
nique for Queens-
land fruit fly Bac-
trocera tryoni
(Froggatt).
Page 16The Field Guide to Pests, Beneficials,
Diseases and Disorders of Vegetables
in northern Australia
T
his field guide provides easy and quick access to text and images to assist with the iden-
tification of pests and disease symptoms in the field. Correct identification of pests, ben-
eficials, diseases and
disorders is important in helping
to minimise crop damage and
when considering management
options. The guide provides de-
scriptions, life cycles and biology,
monitoring and pest manage-
ment.
This field guide is an invaluable
resource for primary producers,
researchers, extension staff and
students.
It is available in both English and
Vietnamese printed versions or
can be downloaded from North-
ern Territory Department of Pri-
mary Industry and Fisheries
(DPIF) site.
The information has been de-
rived from more than 20 years
research and extension experi-
ence with commercial vegetable
crops by staff of Entomology,
Plant Pathology and Horticul-
ture, within the Plant Industries
Group, Northern Territory De-
2014
partment of Primary Industry
and Fisheries.
www.dpif.nt.gov.au
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