{"id":3043,"date":"2015-07-13T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2020-09-04T13:55:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:55:52","slug":"reconstructing-the-invasion-routes-of-a-major-agricultural-pest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/cib\/reconstructing-the-invasion-routes-of-a-major-agricultural-pest\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconstructing the invasion routes of a major agricultural pest"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a rapidly changing world, the ability to prevent invasions by intercepting foreign organisms or by implementing quarantine measures is critical. Few studies however investigate the effectiveness of such measures in preventing new or ongoing invasions.<\/p>\n

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The Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) is a major agricultural pest attacking many fruit crops of economic importance in many countries worldwide. (Photo credit: Pia Addison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A recent study from C\u00b7I\u00b7B core team members, including Profs John Terblanche (Stellenbosch University) and Bettine Jansen van Vuuren (University of Johannesburg), used genetic markers to determine the population genetic structure (the movement of individuals between different sampling localities) and the potential routes of invasion (the path taken to the introduced range) in the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Results showed that the flies move freely between locations on the African continent, but not from their African native range to the introduced range. Making use of Approximate Bayesian Computations (ABC) Minette Karsten, a PhD student at Stellenbosch University, showed that the likely invasion pathway of the fly was an initial colonization of Europe from Africa (the native range) and a secondary colonization of Australia from Europe (Figure 1). The authors further showed an introduction from Europe to the Americas and a back-introduction into South Africa from Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the lack of new introductions into colonized, non-African locations despite growing trade, it is clear that quarantine and interception measures for export consignments from Africa have been largely successful<\/em>.\u201d says Minette Karsten. She adds \u201cA concern, however, is the high levels of movement of flies over the African continent. This does not bode well for the fruit industry on the continent, especially in the light of preventing new invasions into previously pest-free regions<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the paper<\/h4>\n

Karsten M., Jansen van Vuuren B., Addison A. & Terblanche J.S. (2015) Deconstructing intercontinental invasion pathway hypotheses of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata<\/em>) using a Bayesian inference approach: are port interceptions and quarantine protocols successfully preventing new invasions? Diversity and Distrubutions<\/em>, DOI: 10.1111\/ddi.12333.<\/a><\/p>\n

For more information, contact Minette Karsten at minettek@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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The world-wide route of invasion of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata). Arrows indicate the most likely route of invasion, coloured circles represents a sampling area in our data and the bracket indicates admixture between populations (GUA = Guatemala, MAD = Madeira, GRE = Greece, AUS = Australia, NATIVE = All African populations, UNS = Unsampled location, BUR = Burgers Hall). Dates indicated are for the first record available.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a rapidly changing world, the ability to prevent invasions by intercepting foreign organisms or by implementing quarantine measures is critical. 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