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Tracking the invasion of the alien fruit pest Drosophila suzukii in Europe

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Biological invasions are a leading threat to native wildlife, human health and food production worldwide. Understanding the invasion history helps identifying introduction pathways and organizing integrated management strategies especially aimed at avoiding multiple reintroductions. We coupled a recently developed spatial analysis (Geographic profiling) with trade flows quantification to identify the most likely spreading centre of a recent invader of Europe, the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii. This polyphagous vinegar fly recently colonized western countries, where it is heavily threatening fruit production causing severe economic losses. Characterized by a rapid spread and a huge impact, the invasion of this pest has a few precedents and it is becoming a model in invasion biology and pest management. Thanks to our spatial approach based on data presence of D. suzukii in European countries in the very first years of it spread, we update the current knowledge of a first spread in Spain and Italy, suggesting on the contrary that the South of France may be the most likely spreading centre of D. suzukii in Europe. Estimates of propagule pressure (fresh host fruits importation) support this finding as imports from contaminated South East Asian countries are higher in France than in Spain or Italy. Our study provides a first step in the comprehension of invasion history of this pest species and emphasizes geographic profiling as an efficient technique to track down invaders colonization patterns.

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Acknowledgments

This work has been possible, thanks to the Phytosanitary administration of the Republic of Slovenia and the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Environment of the Catalan government. The authors wish to thanks Catherine F. Haut for the manuscript language revision. AC was granted by Fondation Fyssen. AC, AP conceived and designed research; AC, AEC, AG, GA, GS collected data; AC, AP and US analyzed data; AC wrote the manuscript; all authors read and approved the manuscript.

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    Present address: CRA – ABP Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Centro di Ricerca per l’Agrobiologia e la Pedologia, Via di Lanciola 12/a Cascine del Riccio, 50125, Florence, Italy

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  1. Laboratoire Ecologie and Evolution UMR 7625, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 quai St Bernard, Batiment A, 7ème étage, Case 237, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    A. Cini

  2. Research and Innovation Centre and Technology Transfer Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010, San Michele all’adige, Trentino, Italy

    G. Anfora & A. Grassi

  3. Institute for Food and Agriculture Research and Technology (IRTA), Sustainable Plant Protection, Mas Badia Experimental Station, La Tallada, 17134, Girona, Spain

    L. A. Escudero-Colomar

  4. Department of Clinical and experimental Medicine, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy

    U. Santosuosso

  5. Department for plant protection, Agriculture and Forestry Institute Nova Gorica, Pri hrastu 18, 5000, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

    G. Seljak

  6. Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Micheli 3, Florence, Italy

    A. Papini

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Cini, A., Anfora, G., Escudero-Colomar, L.A. et al. Tracking the invasion of the alien fruit pest Drosophila suzukii in Europe. J Pest Sci 87, 559–566 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-014-0617-z

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