Fatty Acid Profile as an Indicator of Larval Host for Adult Drosophila suzukii.

ABSTRACT: Drosophila suzukii is a severe economic invasive pest of soft-skinned fruit crops. Management typically requires killing gravid adult female flies with insecticides to prevent damage resulting from oviposition and larval development. Fruits from cultivated and uncultivated host plants are used by the flies for reproduction at different times of the year, and knowledge of D. suzukii seasonal host plant use and movement patterns could be better exploited to protect vulnerable crops. Rearing and various marking methodologies for tracking movement patterns of D. suzukii across different landscapes have been used to better understand host use and movement of the pest. In this study, we report on potential to determine larval host for adult D. suzukii using their fatty acid profile or signature,

SUBMITTER: Wiman NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694155 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature