Title
Nonhost Status of Commercial Sweet Granadilla (Passiflora ligularis) in Peru to Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Anastrepha fraterculus
Date Issued
06 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
The host status of sweet granadilla (Passifflora ligularis Juss.) to Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) and Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) in Peru was determined. Experiments were conducted in Pasco (Peru) in four different orchards, over 2 yr (2016 and 2017), two orchards per year. Choice (granadilla plus natural host) and no-choice foraging behavior trials were conducted using sleeves under field conditions, and forced infestation was examined in laboratory cages, with five females per fruit. The development time of C. capitata was determined, and the oviposition behavior of C. capitata and A. fraterculus was examined. Three fruit maturity stages of intact (n = 1,320) and punctured (n = 1,320) granadilla fruits were examined. Adult C. capitata (n = 4,418) and A. fraterculus (n = 2,484) were trapped in the orchards, and commercial granadilla fruits (n = 1,940) sampled and dissected. Fruit fly infestation was not found in any intact granadilla fruits. Larvae and pupae were found inside punctured granadilla only in fruits broken after 20 d, and adults only emerged when those pupae were removed from the fruit. Ceratitis capitata development time was longer in punctured granadilla than that in host fruit. In the oviposition test, A. fraterculus and C. capitata did not lay eggs in intact granadilla, and C. capitata laid eggs in punctured fruits but larvae were not found. Because of the resistance mechanisms of the pericarp, commercial fruits of Passiflora ligularis are not a natural host of C. capitata and A. fraterculus in Peru.
Start page
1158
End page
1175
Volume
113
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Horticultura, Viticultura
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086051861
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Economic Entomology
ISSN of the container
00220493
Sponsor(s)
We thank statistician Mg.Sc. Grimaldo Febres for his assistance with the statistical analysis, and entomologist Mg.Sc. Luis Gonzales for his comments and contribution. We extend our thanks to the sweet granadilla growers from Oxapampa who kindly allowed implementation of the experiments, as well as fruit sampling and other works in their orchards, and to all personnel from SENASA headquarters and Pasco for the logistic support, as well as to the SENASA Fruit Fly program for kindly providing trapping data. Finally, we thank very much Programa Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad y Productividad (INNOVATE-PERU) for kindly having provided the financial support that rendered possible the development of this study.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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