Management of Fruit Flies in the Americas

This book comprises issues at the cutting edge of fruit fly management in the Americas, covering topics that are focal points of current activity and likely long-term importance to the progress of the field. The book is an invaluable source of ideas and inspiration for entomologists at all levels from graduate students to more-established researchers and professionals. Fruit flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) is the most important pests of fruit production worldwide. The purpose of this book is to integrate the experiences of leading scientists in the management of fruit flies in the Americas. In this work, species of fruit flies of economic importance are considered in the genera Anastrepha, Rhagoletis, Bactrocera, and Ceratitis. This book will address fruit flies monitoring, biological control, chemical control, cultural control, sterile insect technique (SIT), Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and other control methods. The book provides invaluable resource material to scientists, professionals and students.

Dr. Flavio Roberto Mello Garcia is a professor at Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Zoology (Entomology) from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil. He did his pos-doctoral training at the University of Florida (UF) and at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). He is the author of more than 200 articles and chapters and has led eleven national and international books. Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society at Cornell University. He mentored students from Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Italy, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, USA and Uruguay.He supervises postdoctoral, PhD, MSc and undergraduate students and has coordinated more than 34 research projects in Brazil, Africa, Uruguay and the United States.