Management of Fruit Flies in the Americas

Dr. Flavio Roberto Mello Garcia is a professor at Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil. He holds a Master's degree and a PhD in Zoology (Entomology) from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil. He did his pos-doctoral training at the University of Florida (UF) and at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). He is the author of more than 200 articles and chapters and has led eleven national and international books. Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society at Cornell University. He mentored students from Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Italy, Mozambique, Peru, Portugal, USA and Uruguay.He supervises postdoctoral, PhD, MSc and undergraduate students and has coordinated more than 34 research projects in Brazil, Africa, Uruguay and the United States.

Fruit Flies, a Threat to Fruit Production in the Americas.- Fruit Fly (Tephritidae) Management in the Neotropical Region: History, State of the Art, and Perspectives.- Monitoring and Mass Trapping of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Americas.- Biological Control of Fruit Flies with Emphasis on Microbial Control.- Phytosanitary Irradiation of Tephritid Fruit Flies.- Management of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Argentina.- Augmentative Biological Control as a Workable Strategy within an Area-Wide Integrated Fruit Fly Management Approach: Case Studies from Mexico and Argentina.- Preventive Control of Ceratitis capitata on Remote Islands in Belize.- Fruit Fly Management in Brazil: Current Status and Perspectives.- The Management of Fruit Flies in Colombia: A Long Road to Travel.- Current Fruit Fly Knowledge Status in Ecuador.- Fruit Flies Management in Haïti.- Management of Economically Important Native and Exotic Fruit Fly (Tephritidae) Species in Mexico.- Biological Control of Ceratitis Capitata in the Mexico-Guatemala Border Region and its Advantages in Opening Areas With Social Conflict.- Parasitoid Species Associated with Fruit Flies of The Genus Anastrepha (Diptera, Tephritidae) in Panama.- A Multifaceted Approach to Domestic Management of Invasive Fruit Flies in The United States.- Biological Control Introductions Against Invasive Tephritid Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the US: Achievements, Opportunities, and Challenge.- Analysis of Historical Recapture Rates in the Anastrepha Ludens (Loew), Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Program in Texas, USA.- Bases for Management of Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Uruguay.- What Will the Future of Fruit Fly Management in the Americas Look Like?.