Guidance for Packing, Shipping, Holding and Release of Sterile Flies in Area-Wide Fruit Fly Control Programmes

Published: Mon, 08 Dec 2014, 13:33
Last updated: Fri, 15 May 2015, 11:15
This guidance represents the recommendations, reached by consensus of an international group of experts, on the standard procedures for the packing, shipping, holding and release of mass reared and sterilized tephritid flies that are to be used in area-wide programmes that include the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). The majority of the procedures were initially designed specifically for the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (or Medfly), but they are applicable, with minor modifications, for other tephritid species such as those in the genera Anastrepha, Bactrocera and Dacus. The guidance is designed to be a working document that can be subject to periodic updates due to technological developments and research contributions. Future editions will endeavour to include more specific recommendations for other species of fruit flies as the relevant data become available. The procedures described in this guidance will help ensure that released sterile fruit flies will be of optimal quality and that the resulting field density of these flies will be as closely aligned to the individual programme needs. It is hoped that this guidance will help to quickly identify and correct problems in programme effectiveness, resulting from less than optimal emergence and release conditions.
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Submitted by: FAO/IAEA

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Guidance for Packing, Shipping, Holding and Release of Sterile Flies in Area-Wide Fruit Fly control programmes.pdf