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Sunday Ekesi
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& Ecology (ICIPE), Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya
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Samira A. Mohamed
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Pant Health dept., Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya
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Marc De Meyer
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Entomology Section, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Comprehensive appraisal of fruit fly problems and solutions in Africa from taxonomy, to bioecology and management with powerful color plates of native and invasive species
Powerful focus on management and economic impact assessment
All-inclusive assessment of perspective for the future and R&D that are necessary to feed into current management methods
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About this book
Horticultural sector presents many opportunities for economic development and improving livelihood of growers but several factors constrain production and limit the potential for trade of fruits and vegetables. Tephritid fruit flies constitute a major constraint. They cause enormous losses through direct feeding damage and loss of market opportunities through imposition of quarantine restrictions by importing countries to prevent entry and their establishment. In Africa, several native (Ceratitis and Dacus spp) and exotic (Bactrocera and Zeugodacus spp.) species inflict considerable losses to horticulture causing losses ranging from 30-90%. Over the past 10 years of R&D, extensive information has been generated on bioecology and management of several native and exotic fruit flies in Africa. While several specific reviews have addressed various aspects of the biology, ecology and management of economically important tephritid fruit flies; coverage of African native species has been limited largely to Bactrocera oleae and Ceratitis capitata – which are not economically important species in many Africa countries. Indeed, no book exist that have explicitly addressed economically important African fruit flies and none of the various reviews, have specifically focused on the status of the bioecology, economic impact and management of exotic and native fruit flies – including several potentially invasive Dacus species attacking vegetables - in Africa. This book consolidates this status of knowledge and socio-economic impact of various intervention techniques that are currently being applied across Africa. The timing of the book is especially pertinent due to the changing fruit fly landscape in Africa – caused by arrivals of the highly destructive alien invasives (Bactrocera dorsalis, B. zonata, and B. latifrons) - and the priorities African countries have placed recently on export of fruits and vegetables to international markets. This is an important reference material for researchers, academics and students that are keen at improving horticulture and enhancing food and nutrition security in Africa and beyond.
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12 February 2022
Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Pre-harvest and Post-harvest Management Measures
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- Jean -François Vayssières, Joachim Offenberg, Antonio Sinzogan, Appolinaire Adandonon, Rosine Wargui, Florence Anato et al.
Pages 389-434
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- Sunday Ekesi, Samira A. Mohamed, Marc De Meyer
Pages 475-494
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Country Specific Action Programmes and Case Studies
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Front Matter
Pages 495-495
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- Brian E. Isabirye, Caroline K. Nankinga, Alex Mayamba, Anne M. Akol, Ivan Rwomushana
Pages 497-515
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- Domingos R. Cugala, Marc De Meyer, Laura J. Canhanga
Pages 531-552
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- Vincent Umeh, Daniel Onukwu
Pages 553-574
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- Désiré Gnanvossou, Rachid Hanna, Aimé H. Bokonon-Ganta, Sunday Ekesi, Samira A. Mohamed
Pages 575-600
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- Maxwell K. Billah, David D. Wilson
Pages 601-627
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- Preeaduth Sookar, Jean-Philippe Deguine
Pages 629-669
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Experiences from Actions Programmes Outside Africa
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Front Matter
Pages 671-671
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- Roger I. Vargas, Jaime C. Piñero, Luc Leblanc, Nicholas C. Manoukis, Ronald F. L. Mau
Pages 673-693
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- David Midgarden, Alies van Sauers-Muller, Maria Julia Signoretti Godoy, Jean-François Vayssières
Pages 705-736
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Socioeconomic Impact Assessment
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Front Matter
Pages 753-753
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- Beatrice W. Muriithi, Gracious M. Diiro, Hippolyte Affognon, Sunday Ekesi
Pages 755-770
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Lessons Learnt and Future Perspectives
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Front Matter
Pages 771-771
Editors and Affiliations
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& Ecology (ICIPE), Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya
Sunday Ekesi
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Pant Health dept., Intern. Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya
Samira A. Mohamed
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Entomology Section, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
Marc De Meyer
About the editors
Editors:
S. Ekesi, S.A. Mohamed & M. De Meyer