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Advances in the Chemical Ecology of the Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) and its Applications

Journal of Chemical Ecology volume 44, pages 922–939 (2018)Cite this article

Abstract

Significant progress has been made in understanding the cues involved in the host and mate seeking behaviors of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura). This insect pest has been discovered in many fruit growing regions around the world since 2008. Unlike closely related Drosophila species, D. suzukii attacks fresh fruit and has become a severe pest of soft fruits including strawberry, cherry, blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, and may pose a threat to grapes. Prior to 2008, little was known about the courtship and host-seeking behaviors or chemical ecology of this pest. Since then, researchers have gained a better understanding of D. suzukii attraction to specific odors from fermentation, yeast, fruit, and leaf sources, and the visual cues that elicit long-range attraction. Several compounds have also been identified that elicit aversive behaviors in adult D. suzukii flies. Progress has been made in identifying the constituent compounds from these odor sources that elicit D. suzukii antennal responses in electrophysiological assays. Commercial lures based on food volatiles have been developed to attract D. suzukii using these components and efforts have been made to improve trap designs for monitoring this pest under field conditions. However, current food-based lures and trap technologies are not expected to be specific to D. suzukii and thus capture large numbers of non-target drosophilids. Attractive and aversive compounds are being evaluated for monitoring, mass trapping, and for the development of attract-and-kill and push-pull techniques to manage D. suzukii populations. This review outlines presently available research on the chemical ecology of D. suzukii and discusses areas for future research.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank members of the Syed lab, Paul Hickner and Nicole Scheidler. We would also like to thank Dong Cha and two anonymous reviewers for the insightful suggestions they provided to improve this manuscript. Pictures were contributed by Robert Holdcraft and permission was granted from Andermatt Biocontrol for use of their Drosa Pro image and Biobest for use of their Droso-Trap image. This research was supported in part by funding from the USDA NIFA Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI) program (award no. 2015-51181-24252) and the USDA NIFA Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) program (award no. 2015-70006-24152).

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    Kevin R. Cloonan & Cesar Rodriguez-Saona

  2. Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology, School of Biological Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

    John Abraham

  3. Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Piazza Università 5, 39100, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

    Sergio Angeli

  4. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546, USA

    Zainulabeuddin Syed

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Cloonan, K.R., Abraham, J., Angeli, S. et al. Advances in the Chemical Ecology of the Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) and its Applications. J Chem Ecol 44, 922–939 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-018-1000-y

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Keywords

  • Spotted wing drosophila
  • Invasive pest
  • Attractants
  • Repellents
  • Behavior-based technologies
  • Pheromones
  • Chemical communication