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Title: In focus: spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, across perspectives

Author
item Lee, Jana
item Bruck, Denny
item DREVES, AMY - Oregon State University
item IORIATTI, CLAUDIO - Oregon State University
item HEIDRUN, VOGT - Julius Kuhn Institute
item BAUFELD, PETER - Julius Kuhn Institute

Submitted to: Pest Management Science
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/1/2011
Publication Date: 11/1/2011
Citation: Lee, J.C., Bruck, D.J., Dreves, A., Ioriatti, C., Heidrun, V., Baufeld, P. 2011. In focus: spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, across perspectives. Pest Management Science. 67:1349-1351.

Interpretive Summary: In August 2008, the first detection of the spotted wing Drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, from the mainland in California caused great concern, as the fly was found infesting a variety of thin skinned fruits. Subsequent detections followed in Oregon, Washington, Florida and British Columbia in 2009, and Utah, North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan, and Louisiana in 2010. Economic costs of SWD include the increased cost of production with increased labor and chemical inputs to monitor and manage the pest and crop loss. An effective response to the invasion of SWD requires proper taxonomic identification at the initial phase, understanding its basic biology and phenology, developing management tools, transferring information and technology quickly to user groups, and evaluating the impact of the research and extension program on an economic, social, and environmental level. As SWD continues to expand its range, steps must be initiated in each new region to educate and inform the public as well as formulate management tactics suitable for the crops and growing conditions in each.

Technical Abstract: An effective response to the invasion of spotted wing Drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, requires proper taxonomic identification at the initial phase, understanding its basic biology and phenology, developing management tools, transferring information and technology quickly to user groups, and evaluating the impact of the research and extension program on an economic, social, and environmental level. Since its initial discovery in California in 2008, SWD has spread all along the west coast of the United States, and has been reported in Utah, Michigan, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina as well as Italy, France and Spain. As SWD continues to expand its range, steps must be initiated in each new region to educate and inform the public as well as formulate management tactics suitable for the crops and growing conditions in each.