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Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Arrives at Minas Gerais State, a Main Strawberry Production Region in Brazil

2016; Florida Entomological Society; Volume: 99; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1653/024.099.0439

1938-5102

Felipe Andreazza, Khalid Haddi, Eugênio E. Oliveira, João A. M. Ferreira,

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) was first collected in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in Mar 2016, in the municipality of Ervália, from an organic strawberry field. In Brazil, this pest was first recorded in the southernmost region, in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states. Drosophila suzukii's arrival to Minas Gerais State, about 1,500 km north from its first record, should alarm the growers, the research community, and the authorities, because this region is the main strawberry production region in Brazil and is now susceptible to large increases in production losses caused by this invasive species. The lack of alternative effective management tools for D. suzukii, besides traditional chemical sprays, makes this pest an important area of study. Future research should focus on finding strategies that match with different local growing systems and edaphoclimatic conditions.