Compendium of fruit fly host information (CoFFHI), edition 2.0

Authors: LIQUIDO, NICANOR - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS); McQuate, Grant; SUITER, KARL - North Carolina State University

Submitted to: USDA CPHST Online Database
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/12/2016
Publication Date: 9/12/2016
Citation: Liquido, N.J., McQuate, G.T., Suiter, K.A. 2016. Compendium of fruit fly host information (CoFFHI), edition 2.0. USDA CPHST Online Database. Available: https://coffhi.cphst.org/.

Interpretive Summary: Fruit flies of the Family Tephritidae, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata), oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis), or melon fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae), impose enormous constraints on the diversification of agricultural production and expansion of agricultural trade around the world. Fruit flies cause direct damage to fruits and vegetables through oviposition and larval feeding and restrict movement of commodities across national and international borders. Assurance is needed that fruit fly species will not be introduced, via importation of infested fruits or vegetables, to areas where they had not previously been present. Rigorous regulatory procedures are put in place to prevent the introduction of economically significant fruit flies around the world. Establishment of appropriate regulatory procedures, however, is dependent on the knowledge of the status of commodities as hosts for fruit fly species present in the area of production of those commodities. Documentation of host status, however, can be widely scattered through literature publications, government documents and interception records, with some records of note located in older references that are not readily available. The Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI), developed through collaborative efforts of scientists in USDA-APHIS, USDA-ARS, and the Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM) of North Carolina State University (NCSU), provides centralized, comprehensive documentation of what is known, worldwide, about the status of fruits and vegetables as hosts of fruit flies of economic importance by summarizing worldwide scientific literature which reports on the host status of fruits and vegetables and listing summaries of interception data and previously prepared host lists for tephritid fruit fly species of economic importance. It, also, provides botanical and geographic information on each host plant. Overall, it has the potential to be a vital tool in developing protocols that prevent the introduction and establishment of exotic fruit flies that pose significant threats to U.S. agriculture and natural resources. It is an interactive, searchable application that is accessible online. The first release of CoFFHI (edition 1.0) was in August 2015. This second release (edition 2.0; available at: https://coffhi.cphst.org/) provides both a broad background of hosts of fruit flies of the world as well as expanded comprehensive host data for specific tephritid fruit fly species of economic importance. The broad background is provided by a database which includes entries for nearly 5,000 currently recognized fruit fly species. Comprehensive host data summarization is provided for both laboratory and field infestations for the guava fruit fly (B.correcta), the Mediterranean fruit fly, the melon fly, and Bactrocera latifrons. Also included are succinct infestation summaries for field infestations of plants in select plant families by the oriental fruit fly as well as literature citations for references that provide field infestation data for the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens), the carambola fruit fly (Bactrocera carambolae), the peach fruit fly (B.zonata), B.pedestris, and the B.tau complex. Additionally, a provisional suitable host list is provided for the apple maggot fly (Rhagoletis pomonella). Enhancing both the breadth and depth of summarization of the host plants of tephritid fruit flies in CoFFHI is an ongoing process. Subsequent releases of CoFFHI are expected to both augment and update data coverage for tephritid fruit fly species already covered in CoFFHI, edition 2.0, as well as summarize host plant data for other fruit fly species, with a focus on Anastrepha, Bactrocera, Ceratitis, Dacus and Rhagoletis species of economic importance. The validated infestation summaries in CoFFHI, edition 2.0, of suitable fruit fly h

Technical Abstract: The Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI), edition 2.0, developed through collaborative efforts of scientists in USDA-APHIS, USDA-ARS, and the Center for Integrated Pest Management (CIPM) of North Carolina State University (NCSU), provides centralized online documentation of what is known, worldwide, about the status of fruits and vegetables as hosts of fruit flies of the world. It, also, provides botanical and geographic information on each host plant. It provides both a broad background of hosts of fruit flies of the world as well as comprehensive host data for specific tephritid fruit fly species of economic importance. The broad background is provided by incorporation of the Tephritidae Database, an archive of fruit fly taxonomic and host plant data developed by Allen Norrbom (USDA-ARS, Systematic Entomology Laboratory) which includes entries for nearly 5,000 currently recognized fruit fly species. Comprehensive host data provided for select fruit fly species of economic importance was obtained by summarizing worldwide scientific literature which reports on the host status of fruits and vegetables, summarizing fruit and vegetable interception data and previously prepared host lists for tephritid fruit fly species of economic importance. Edition 2.0 includes expanded access to the Tephritidae Database as well as host plant summarization for an expanded list of tephritid fruit fly species of economic importance, compared to that provided by CoFFHI, edition 1.0. CoFFHI, edition 2.0 (available at: https://coffhi.cphst.org/), includes succinct infestation summaries for both laboratory and field infestations for Bactrocera correcta (the guava fruit fly), B.cucurbitae (the melon fly), B.latifrons and Ceratitis capitata (the Mediterranean fruit fly). Also included are succinct infestation summaries for field infestations in select plant families by B.dorsalis (the oriental fruit fly) as well as literature citations for references that provide field infestation data for Anastrepha ludens (the Mexican fruit fly), B.carambolae (the carambola fruit fly), B.pedestris, the B.tau complex, and B.zonata (the peach fruit fly). Additionally, a provisional suitable host list is provided for Rhagoletis pomonella (the apple maggot fly). The validated infestation summaries in CoFFHI, edition 2.0, of suitable fruit fly host plants of tephritid fruit fly species of economic importance are valuable tools for use in regulatory decision-making during fruit fly emergency action and quarantine programs and to help develop protocols that prevent the introduction and establishment of exotic fruit flies that pose significant threats to U.S. agriculture and natural resources. Enhancing both the breadth and depth of summarization of the host plants of tephritid fruit flies in CoFFHI is an ongoing process. Subsequent releases of CoFFHI are expected to both augment and update data coverage for tephritid fruit fly species already covered in CoFFHI, edition 2.0, as well as summarize host plant data for other fruit fly species, with a focus on Anastrepha, Bactrocera, Ceratitis, Dacus and Rhagoletis species of economic importance.