Review on major fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North Africa: Bio-ecological traits and future trends

Boulahia-Kheder, Synda

doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105416

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“…For example, the common application of foliarly sprayed Ethephon that was used with other plum varieties did not show much improvement with the 'African Rose'; instead, it resulted in defoliation, less-colored fruit, and low yield in the following season [15]. Late harvest after June slightly improved fruit color and TSS, but mostly led to low-quality fruit (i.e., increased weight loss, softening, decay) due to the increased levels of temperature and infestation with the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata during July [16], in addition to a low remunerative value due to competition with other fruit types available at the market by this time [17]. These unfavorable results could be due to the difference in plant growth and development in relation to the environmental conditions, primarily since this cultivar came from South Africa, which differs from the Egyptian climatic conditions.…”

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Deficit Irrigation to Enhance Fruit Quality of the ‘African Rose’ Plum under the Egyptian Semi-Arid Conditions

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Evolved in South Africa and released to market in 2009, the ‘African Rose’ plum has been introduced and grown under the Egyptian semi-arid conditions since 2010. Within that time, this cultivar has faced significant fruit quality issues, mainly poor color and low total soluble solids (TSS). Several trials using foliarly applied growth regulators have been conducted, but with little conspicuous results on fruit yield and quality. There is very limited information about the relationship between irrigation regime and fruit quality for this cultivar. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted to study the effect of deficit irrigation on the quality of the ‘African Rose’ plum during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Five-year-old hedge growing trees were subjected to three deficit irrigation regimes: 100% (control), 80%, and 60% of the crop evapotranspiration (ETc) after the pit hardening stage until the end of the harvest season (May to June period) were evaluated. Results indicated that deficit irrigation positively enhanced the levels of abscisic acid (ABA), total phenols, and anthocyanins with improved fruit TSS and maturity index, although fruit yield, acidity, size, and firmness were decreased. Deficit irrigation could be suggested as a sustainable novel solution to improve the fruit quality of the ‘African Rose’ plum grown under the semi-arid conditions of Egypt. Although the total yield and some quality characteristics were not improved, the early harvested fruit with enhanced color and taste could be a good start for additional research to solve other quality-related issues under such conditions.

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Deficit Irrigation to Enhance Fruit Quality of the ‘African Rose’ Plum under the Egyptian Semi-Arid Conditions

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“…The fruit flies are destructive pests, but the most damaged host plants are not the same in each country, depending on the fly species present. Most other species were reported from wild plants and do not have economic significance (Bouhalia and Kheder 2021). For example, in Australia, about 90 species of Dacinae have been described, but only a few of these are pests of introduced fruits (Dominiak and Worlsey 2018).…”

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Diversity and species composition of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Lombok Island, Indonesia

2021

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Abstract. Hudiwaku S, Himawan T, Rizali A. 2021. Diversity and species composition of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Lombok Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4608-4616. Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are pests of several horticultural crops that can reduce the quality and quantity of fruit production. Information on fruit flies in Lombok Island, Indonesia, is still limited. However, it is predicted to have a high diversity of fruit flies because this island belongs to the Wallacea region. The aims of this research was to study the diversity and species composition of fruit flies in different habitat types in Lombok Island. The research was carried out on two habitat types, i.e., tropical rainforest and orchard with each habitat type consisted of three different sites that located spread across Lombok Island as replication. The research was carried out on two habitat types, i.e., tropical rainforest and orchard, with each habitat type consisted of three different sites spread across Lombok Island as replication. A sampling of fruit flies was conducted using parapheromone traps from March to June 2020. Twenty-two species and 210,267 individual fruit flies were collected from all locations during the study period. The most dominant species were Bactrocera carambolae, Bactrocera limbifera, Zeugodacus caudatus, and Bactrocera dorsalis. Based on the ANOVA, habitat types significantly affected the abundance but not the species richness of fruit flies. The visualization results obtained from the NMDS ordination indicated a difference in the species composition of fruit flies between the two habitats. In conclusion, habitat types are an essential factor in shaping the community of fruit flies in Lombok Island.

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“…In Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt several options to reduce the use of insecticides against Medfly and PFF particularly to substitute malathion by other methods, have been investigated by researchers (Al-Eryan et al, 2018;Elaini & Mazih, 2018;El-Gendy & Abdallah, 2019, 2020, 2021Médiouni-Ben Jemaa et al, 2010).…”

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Advancements in management of major fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North Africa and future challenges: A review

Boulahia-Kheder

2021

J Applied Entomology

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In North Africa as it is worldwide, fruit flies are of major concern for horticultural crops. Bioecology and future trends of fruit flies in North Africa have been reviewed recently in Boulahia-Kheder (2021). However, there is no recent review on their management in North Africa. Previously, in a review by Dias et al. (2018), the number of publications on fruit flies monitoring and control tactics, was 1-5 from Tunisia, 6-25 from Egypt and zero for Morocco, Algeria and Libya, while much research has been conducted in the last 15 years at least in the first three countries. Here, we consider mainly fruit flies management in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco (Maghreb region) and Egypt, as publications from Mauritania and Libya are not available.In Maghreb, the main fruit fly species of economic concern is the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann); it is a key pest on citrus, summer fruits namely peaches and increasingly autumn fruits, such as apples, pears and grapes (Boulahia-

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Review on major fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North Africa: Bio-ecological traits and future trends

Cited by 16 publications

References 43 publications

Deficit Irrigation to Enhance Fruit Quality of the ‘African Rose’ Plum under the Egyptian Semi-Arid Conditions

Deficit Irrigation to Enhance Fruit Quality of the ‘African Rose’ Plum under the Egyptian Semi-Arid Conditions

Diversity and species composition of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Lombok Island, Indonesia

Advancements in management of major fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in North Africa and future challenges: A review

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