Issue 06 January 2018 - Nucleus · tions to both distinguished Professors Tan and Nishida! However,...

TO OUR READERS Welcome to the 6th issue of TAAO Newsletter and wish you happy new year 2018!

In the present issue, the reader can enjoy the use of para rubber membrane, a novel matrix for methyl eugenol impreg-

nation for the mass trapping of Bactrocera dorsalis (OFF) (pg no. 2-3); and three informative papers on fruit fly from

China (pg no. 4-6).

The ARC industrial transformation training centre for fruit fly bio-security innovation was opened officially on 27

June, 2017 at Macquarie University. You may know the role of training centre and also enjoy several photographs of

them (pg no. 7-9). One of TAAO SC member, Dr Singh delivered a keynote address during ―PEI Conference and

Workshop on Challenges and Strategies of Insect Management in the Globalization Era‖ in Indonesia (pg no. 10). Also

we have a report from Prof. Changying Niu about a valued visit of Prof. Anthony (Tony) Clarke in Huazhong Agricul-

tural University (HZAU), Wuhan, China (pg no. 11).

It‘s a great pleasure to inform you that Prof. Keng-Hong Tan (Malaysia) and Prof. Ritsuo Nishida (Japan) were

awarded the APACE lifetime achievement award in the joint meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology

(ISCE) and the Asia-Pacific Association of Chemical Ecologists (APACE) in Japan (pg no. 12). Heartiest congratula-

tions to both distinguished Professors Tan and Nishida! However, the next international chemical ecology meeting will

be hosted by TAAO SC Chair, Dr. Alvin Hee in Malaysia in 2021. In addition, you will come to know about Prof.

Vijay Kapoor (India) from his brief profile (pg no. 13-14) and the QUT fruit fly group, Brisbane, Australia (pg no. 15).

Thanks and best wishes.

M. Hasanuzzaman

TAAO EC Chair

Contents: Page No.

Para Rubber Membrane, a Novel Matrix for Methyl Eugenol……….. Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) 2-3

The Optimal Age and Radiation Dose for Bactrocera dorsalis ………… Fopius arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) 4

Protein Baits, Volatile Compounds and Irradiation Influence …………. Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) 5

Enhanced Fitness of a Bactrocera cucurbitae Genetic ………………… Probiotics (Enterobacter sp.) to the Larval Diet 6

Official Opening of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation 7-9

TAAO SC Member Dr Sandeep Singh Visited Indonesia 10

Professor Anthony (Tony) Clarke visited HZAU, China 11

An International Chemical Ecology Meeting- Alvin Kah-Wei Hee (Malaysia) 12

Know Your Colleague- Professor Dr. Vijay Chandra Kapoor 13-14

QUT Fruit Fly Group 15

Dr. Hasanuzzaman Participated in a Fruit Fly Training Course 16-17

Upcoming Events and Dates to Remember 18

TAAO SC and TAAO EC (2016-2020) 19-20

NEWSLETTER

Issue 06

January 2018

TAAO Newsletter Issue 6 (January 2018) 2

Para Rubber Membrane, a Novel Matrix for Methyl Eugenol Impregnation

for the Mass Trapping of Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

(Diptera: Tephritidae)

Narit Thaochan, Kodeeyah Thoawan, Rufea

Malee and Ekwipoo Kalkornsurapranee

Department of Pest Management, Faculty of Natural

Resources, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai,

Songkhla, Thailand

Email: [email protected]

The natural rubber latex is the product of para rubber

tree, Hevea brasiliensis. This plant is an economi-

cally important tree in the world including Thai-

land.The natural rubber latex has been widely used in

the manufacturing of gloves, balloons, and parts of

medical and dental equipment. Dr. Narit Thaochan,

Assistant Professor and his team has developed a

pheromone delivery matrix from natural para rubber

latex. This rubber matrix was mixed with fruit fly‘s

pheromone and sheeted out into the membrane. The

para rubber membrane used a small amount of fruit

fly‘s pheromone, release phreomone chemical slow

and consistnat with increased self life and less con-

tamination.

The preliminary efficiency of para rubber membrane

mixed with methyl eugenol was tested at papaya or-

chard for the trapping of adult male oriental fruit fly

Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) at Khor Yor district of

Songkhla province, Thailand. The para rubber mem-

brane attracted the adult male B. dorsalis up to 60

days with an average of 11.2 ± 1.1 fly/trap/day in

comparision to cotton plug (general practice used by

farmers in Thailand) attracted the fruit flies upto 27

days with an average of 4.8 ± 1.0 fly/trap/day, respec-

tively. The para rubber membrane showed the high

efficiency and long life to trap the fruit flies under

field conditions.

Moreover, the para rubber membrane matrix has been

tested and developed more in other fruit and some

vegetable crops i.e. dragon fruit, guava, mango, rose

apple, sapodilla palm and cucurbitaceous crops. For

the vegetable crops, we mixed cue lure in the matrix

and tested for Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett)

and Z. tau (Walker).

Figure 1. The average number of captured adult male fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, in papaya orchard,

Khor Yor district, Songkhla, Thailand.


Figure 2. The para rubber membrane mixed with methyl eugenol tested under the laboratory and field

conditions

Dr. Narit Thaochan


The Optimal Age and Radiation Dose for Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

(Diptera: Tephritidae) Eggs as Hosts for Mass-reared Fopius arisanus

(Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Pumo Cai, Xiaohong Gu, Mingyan Yao, Hehe

Zhang, Jun Huang, Atif Idress, Qinge Ji, Jiahua,

Chen, Jianquan Yang

Institute of Beneficial Insects, Plant Protection Col-

lege, Fujian Agriculture and ForestryUniversity,

Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China

Contact: Qinge Ji ([email protected])

Fopius arisanus (Sonan) is a dominant egg-pupal

parasitoid of many fruit fly pests. Bactrocera dorsalis

(Hendel) is one of F. arisanus' hosts and is the usual

host used for mass rearing F. arisanus. To obtain

parasitoids without hosts suitable for the release of F.

arisanus in the field—skipping the need to separate

parasitoids and unparasitized hosts—radiation (15,

20, 25and 30 Gy) was applied to B. dorsalis eggs of

five different ages (24, 27, 30, 33, and 36 h). Hatch

rates, pupation rates, pupae weights, emergence rates,

sex ratios, flight abilities, mortality rates and fertil-

ities were analyzed during parasitoid development

from irradiated eggs to adults. Irradiation of eggs

aged 30 to 36 h at 20 Gy might be the optimal age

and dosage when using B. dorsalis as hosts for mass

rearing of F. arisanus. Furthermore, we investigated

the viability of the parents and offspring of F. arisa-

nus when the parents were raised from irradiated

eggs under both laboratory and field cage conditions.

The parasitism percentage, emergence rate, sex ratio

(female: male) and longevity of parasitoids reared

with irradiated hosts were similar to those of parasi-

toids obtained from non-irradiated host eggs. Signifi-

cantly, the results revealed that unparasitized B. dor-

salis previously irradiated with an appropriate dose at

appropriate ages do not emerge: a finding that solves

the problem of separating unparasitized emerging

flies during mass rearing. This experiment also dem-

onstrates that F. arisanus reared on irradiated hosts

can find, identify, and parasitize hosts normally—

both indoors and outdoors—and that the resulting

parasitoids can be directly applied to control pest

populations in the field.

Results of this research has been published as a full

article in Biological Control, 108: 89-97, (2017). doi:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.biocontrol.

Figure 1. Fopius arisanus


Protein Baits, Volatile Compounds and Irradiation Influence the Expression Profiles of

Odorant-Binding Protein Genes in Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Idrees, A.1, Zhang, H. 1, Luo, M. 1, Thu, M.2, Cai,

p. 1, Islam, W.1, Hussain, M.2, Chen, J. 1, Ji, Q. 1

1Institute of Beneficial Insects, Plant Protection Col-


Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China 2College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and For-

estry University Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China


Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) is a devastating pest in

the world, resulting in severe financial damage to

multiple crops. A variety of methods such as the ster-

ile insect technique, mass trapping, protein bait

spraying and male annihilation have been developed

to suppress or eradicate B. dorsalis and related spe-

cies throughout the world. Chemical communication

in insects is based on odorant-binding proteins

(OBPs), but the molecular mechanisms by which

these OBPs allow the perception of volatiles and host

chemicals remain unclear. The OBPs of B. dorsalis

(BdorOBPs) were evaluated in response to different

attractive protein baits, brewer‘s yeast volatile com-

pounds and irradiation. The expression of 10 genes

encoding OBPs in the antennae of B. dorsalis during

three adult physiological life stages (pre-mating, post

-mating and post-oviposition) were analyzed. All se-

lected BdorOBP genes were found to contain one

conserved pheromone-binding protein/general-

odorant-binding protein domain (PBP-GOBP), except

OBP8, which contained two of these conserved do-

mains. An unrooted phylogenetic tree was con-

structed to show the relationships among these 10

BdorOBPs and the OBPs belonging to the same OBP

family in other insects. We found significantly differ-

ent transcript expression profiles in each OBP gene at

each stage in response to different treatments; these

results revealed that OBP2 expression was signifi-

cantly increased in response to baits at each adult

physiological stage, while OBP2, OBP5 and OBP1

were highly expressed in response to combined-

volatiles treatment at all tested physiological stages.

OBP3, OBP5 and OBP10 showed high expression in

response to irradiation at all tested physiological

stages. Thus, we infer that protein baits, brewer‘s

yeast volatiles and irradiation significantly influence

the transcript levels of OBP genes, which may act in

olfactory perception.


article in Applied Ecology and Environmental Re-

search, 15(4): 1883-1899, (2017).

http://www.aloki.hu

ISSN 1589 1623 (Print)

ISSN 1785 0037 (Online)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1504_18831899


Enhanced Fitness of a Bactrocera cucurbitae Genetic Sexing Strain Based on the

Addition of Gut-isolated Probiotics (Enterobacter sp.) to the Larval Diet

Mingyan Yao, Hehe Zhang, Pumo Cai, Xiaohong

Gu, Dan Wang, Qinge Ji

Institute of Beneficial Insects, Plant Protection Col-


Fuzhou, Fujian, P. R. China


Sterile insect technique (SIT) is an effective and valu-

able tool for controlling infestations of various fruit

flies (Diptera:Tephritidae) including the melon fruit

fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), which is

polyphagous and an important fruit and vegetable

pest. A B. cucurbitae genetic sexing strain (GSS) was

established for SIT. Mass rearing and superior-fit tar-

get species are crucial components of SIT. Some re-

ports have demonstrated that the irradiation used for

SIT damages the midgut and tissues of target species,

which can impair SIT success. Other studies have

found that probiotics in the fruit fly larval diet can

enhance host fitness. We used culture-based ap-

proaches to isolate and characterize gut-associated

bacterial species from the B. cucurbitae GSS during

mass rearing and applied one of the isolated bacteria,

Enterobacter spec., as a probiotic mixed into the lar-

val diet to examine its effect on B. cucurbitae. The

results indicate that pupal weight, survival rate, and

some morphological indices were significantly in-

creased.


article in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata,

162(2): 197-203, (2017).


Official Opening of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Fruit Fly

Biosecurity Innovation

By Marianne Peso and Phil Taylor

Australia

On 27 June, we celebrated the official opening of the

ARC Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation at

Macquarie University. The research focus of the Cen-

tre is to conduct strategic biological and chemical re-

search on fruit flies to support development of new-

tools for sustainable and environmentally benign con-

trol of fly pests that threaten Australia‘s $9 billion

p.a. horticulture industries. The Centre has a particu-

lar focus on training insect biosecurity researchers,

funding the research of ten PhD candidates and three

research fellows, spread across the Centre‘s three par-

ticipating universities and five partner organisations.

The Centre also provides a support framework for

numerous additional students and research fellows at

the participating organizations.

The ARC Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation

brings together a community of researchers from

Macquarie University (lead institution), Queensland

University of Technology, Western Sydney Univer-

sity, NSW Department of Primary Industries, the

QLD Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, the

CSIRO, the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food

Research, and Ecogrow Environmental Ltd.

The Centre research teams will:

Find out how fruit flies move in the environ

ment to predict ‗hotspots‘

Develop tools to accurately and rapidly iden-

tify fruit flies, enabling a faster response

Develop lures to attract flies to traps, isolating

insecticides away from crops, people and non-

target animals. This includes using developing

lures based on pheromones used by fruit flies

to find mates, and bacteria used to find food

and hosts

Investigate the cues fruit flies avoid, including

products produced by predators such as spi-

ders and ants, as a starting point to develop

ways to protect crops by repelling rather than

killing fruit flies

Investigate the use of nematodes, fungi and

bacteria for use in biopesticides for use

against fruit flies. In particular, the team is

investigating a bacteria passed from mother to

offspring and can make fruit flies unable to

reproduce, controlling the population.

Prof Phil Taylor, the Centre Director, emphasised

that the role of the Centre is not only to train and sup-

port the next generation of insect biosecurity re-

searchers, but also to provide a support network for

insect biosecurity researchers of all career stages

across Australia.

The ARC Centre for Fruit Fly Biosecurity Innovation

is supported by $3.7 million from the Australian

Government through the ARC‘s Industrial Transfor-

mation Training Centres scheme and $70,000 of sup-

plementary support from the NSW Department In-

dustry Research Attraction and Acceleration Pro-

gram, as well as substantial contributions from each

of the participating organisations.

R e a d m o r e : h t t p : / / w w w . m q . e d u . a u /

newsroom/2017/06/28/centre-for-fruit-fly-biosecurity

-innovat ion- launches-at-macquarie-university/

#ixzz4lp3Jjbln

http://www.fruitflyittc.edu.au/

http://www.mq.edu.au/newsroom/2017/06/28/centre-for-fruit-fly-biosecurity-innovation-launches-at-macquarie-university/#ixzz4lp3Jjbln





Photo credit: Carmen Lee


TAAO SC MEMBER DR SANDEEP SINGH VISITED INDONESIA

TAAO Steering Committee member, Dr Sandeep

Singh, Assistant Entomologist, Department of Fruit

Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

(India) was invited by Universitas Padjadjaran, West

Java Province, Indonesia from October 25-28, 2017 to

deliver Keynote Address during ―PEI Conference and

Workshop on Challenges and Strategies of Insect

Management in the Globalization Era‖. Dr Singh de-

livered his Keynote Address on “Biodiversity and

Management of Fruit Flies in South Asia with Special

Reference to India” and also delivered an INVITED

LECTURE on “Status of Fruit Flies in India” to the

students of the Department of Plant Pests and Dis-

eases, Faculty of Agriculture of the University. He

also co-chaired a session on Plant Protection in Fruit

Crops. Dr Singh was also invited to Institut Teknoligi

Bandung (ITB) where Prof. Dr Tati Suryati Syam-

sudin, Professor in Ecology, School of Life Science

and Technology and TAAO SC member from Indone-

sia apprised Dr Singh regarding various activities of

the Department of Entomology of the ITB.


Professor Anthony (Tony) Clarke visited HZAU,

Internat ionally renowned

tephritid fruit fly scientist An-

thony (Tony) Clarke visited

Huazhong Agricultural Univer-

sity (HZAU), Wuhan, China

from September 20-29, 2017.

Professor Tony Clarke is a

leading entomologist and the

Chair of fruit fly Biology and

Management in Queensland

University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. He is

recognized as a leading authority on the biology and

ecology of Bactrocera fruit flies. During his visit in

HZAU, Prof. Tony Clarke worked closely with Prof.

Changying Niu, the member of International Fruit Fly

Steering Committee (IFFSC), Dr. Yongcheng Dong

and Dr. Awawing Andongma from College of Plant

Science & Technology. He gave presentation entitled

―Orchids and fruit fly pest management: what‘s the

link?‖ which attracted attention for more than 80 sci-

entists and students from HZAU. Meanwhile, he de-

livered several talks in terms of fruit fly research and

scientific paper writing skills. From September 24-26,

he followed Prof. Niu to investigate the occurrence

and damage of major fruit fly pests in China, Bactro-

cera minax and Bactrocera dorsalis and discussed the

potential collaborative research on fruit flies. Prof.

Tony Clarke‘s visit received warm welcome and great

appreciation from the scientists, postgraduate students,

and international students from HZAU, which paves

the way for a bilateral collaboration of tephritid fruit

fly research between China and Australia.

Figure 1. Prof. Tony Clarke gave

presentations in HZAU and surveyed

on field trip in Yichang accompanied

by Prof. Changying Niu

Source: Prof. Changying Niu, Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), Wuhan, China.


mailto:[email protected]


An International Chemical Ecology Meeting- Alvin Kah-Wei Hee (Malaysia)

Alvin Hee

Department of Biology

Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia


A prestigious joint meeting of the International Soci-

ety of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) and the Asia-Pacific

Association of Chemical Ecologists (APACE) was

recently held in Kyoto, Japan from August 23-27,

2017. First held successfully in Melbourne, Australia

in 2013, this quadrennial meeting is actually a meet-

ing of both sister societies being the 33rd Annual

Meeting of the ISCE and the 9th Meeting of the

APACE. A total of 360 participants from over 32

countries participated in this conference. I am also

pleased to inform everyone that the APACE Lifetime

Achievement Award was presented to two of our il-

lustrious fruit fly researchers- Professors Keng-Hong

Tan (Malaysia) and Ritsuo Nishida (Japan) for their

work on elucidating one of the great mysteries of en-

tomology- why male Oriental fruit flies are so

strongly attracted to methyl eugenol and the fascinat-

ing role of tephritid fruit flies as pollinators of or-

chids. This unique collaboration of Tan- a biologist,

and Nishida- a chemist that spanned over 3 decades

was one of the highlights of the meeting being an in-

spiring example to the younger generation of scien-

tists. Heartiest congratulations to both eminent Pro-

fessors Tan and Nishida! The next joint meeting will

be held in Malaysia, 2021 hosted by Alvin Hee.



KNOW YOUR COLLEAGUE

PROFESSOR DR. VIJAY CHANDRA KAPOOR

Prof. Vijay C. Kapoor

Flat No. 904, PremierTower B, Wembley Estate,

Rosewood City, Sector 50, Sohna Road,

Gurgaon-122018, Haryana, India.

[email protected]

Prof. V.C. Kapoor is born in Agra, India on 26

March 1942. He completed his Ph.D. and D.Sc. de-

gree in Zoology from Agra University, India during

1967 and 1989, respectively. He is a well-known fruit

fly researcher from the Indian subcontinent. He

started his professional career as Assistant Systematic

Entomologist, Indian Agricultural Research Institute,

India 1967-71; Associate Professor of Zoology, Pun-

jab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana,India

1971-77 & 1979-82; Reader in Zoology, Tribhuvan

University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1977-79 (under Co-

lombo plan); Professor of Zoology, 1982-95, Head,

Zoology Department, 1995-97, and Coordinator of

Research, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities,

1998-2002, PAU, Ludhiana. He is a fellow member

of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India.

Prof. Kapoor started to work on tephritid fruit flies in

the late 1960s. He studied the systematics, diversity

and host plants association of fruit flies. He discov-

ered many species of fruit flies from different sub-

families of Tephritidae from Indian sub-continent.

Bactrocera caryeae was discovered by him in 1971

from southern India. There are the large number of

new species and genera of fruit flies discovered by

him from this subcontinent. All these taxa are men-

tioned in his book on ―INDIAN FRUIT FLIES‖. He

has published over 150 scientific papers and authored

more than 10 books on insect systematics of Indian

sub-continent, as well as edited several journals, aca-

demic books and proceedings.

Professor Kapoor had received several prestigious

awards such as the M.S. Randhawa best book awards

for his books published in 1981, 1987 and 1993.

Some of his worth mentioning publications are as fol-

lows:

Books:

Kapoor VC. 1980. Fruit fly (Diptera, Tephritidae):

systematics of the Indian subcontinent. Jullundur, In-

dia: Export India Publications.

Kapoor VC. 1981. Origin and Evolution of Insects.

Ludhiana, India: Kalyani Publishers.

Kapoor VC, 1993. Indian Fruit Flies (Insecta: Dip-

tera: Tephritidae). New Delhi, India; Oxford, UK:

IBH Publishing Company.



Research Publications:

Kapoor VC and Katiyar KN. 1969. New record of

Melanodacus Perkins, a subgenus of Dacus Fabri-

cius, with description of its new species (Dacinae:

Tephritidae). Bulletin of Entomology, 10: 123-125.

Kapoor VC and Katiyar KN. 1970. New record of

Paradacus Perkins, a subgenus of Dacus Fabricius,

with description of its new species (Dacinae: Tephri-

tidae). Entomologist, 103: 252- 254.

Kapoor VC. 1970. Indian Tephritidae with their re-

corded hosts. Oriental Insects, 4:207-251.

Kapoor VC. 1971. Four new species of fruit flies

(Tephritidae) from India. Oriental Insects, 5: 477-

482.

Kapoor VC, Agarwal ML and Gerwal JS. 1977. Zo-

ogeography of Indian Tephritidae. Oriental Insects,

11 (4): 605-621.

Kapoor VC and Malla YK. 1979. Tephritids (Diptera:

Tephritidae) of Nepal and India (A taxonomic re-

view). Journal Institute Science, 2:223-250.

Kapoor VC and Agarwal ML. 1982. Fruit flies and

their increasing host plants in India. Proc. CEC/

IOBC Intern. Symp. Athens/Greece, pp. 252–257.

Agarwal ML and Kapoor VC. 1983. Two new spe-

cies of Dacus Fabricius (Diptera: Tephritidae) from

India. Journal of Entomological Research (New

Delhi), 7: 169-171.

Kapoor, V C. 1993. Indian Fruit Flies. Oxford &

IBH, New Delhi. Pp. 228.

Kapoor VC. 2002. Fruit fly pests and their present

status in India. Proc. VI international fruit flies sym-

posium Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6-10 may, 2002.

pp. 23-33.

Kapoor VC. 2005. Taxonomy and biology of eco-

nomically important fruit flies of India. Israel Journal

of Entomology, 35-36: 459.


QUT Fruit Fly Group

Prof Anthony (Tony) R. Clarke, F.R.E.S.

Chair of Fruit Fly Biology and Management

School of Earth, Environmental & Biological Sciences

Science & Engineering Faculty

Queensland University of Technology

GPO Box 2434

Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia

Ph: (Int) 61 7 3138 5023

Fax: (Int) 61 7 3138 1535

https://research.qut.edu.au/fruitflyqut

The fruit fly group at the Queensland University of

Technology (QUT), Brisbane, has had a busy year

with several new postgraduate students and one new

postdoctoral fellow starting. After a big turn-over of

staff and students over the last 18 months, the ‗new‘

lab is really starting to power on with some exciting

research ranging from behaviour through to ‗omics‘.

Our colleagues Dr Chandra Prabhakar (India) and Prof

Changying Niu (China), who are each spending 12

months with us, have been an important part of this

lab renewal. Tony and Linda Clarke were kindly

hosted by Niu for a trip to her lab at Huazhong Agri-

cultural University, Wuhan, in September, where we

were impressed by her cohort of fellows and students

(see photo) who are working on a range of important

questions with B. minax and B. dorsalis. We are

happy to note that the QUT lab has a new website for

those who are interested in more information about

what we are currently doing

(https://research.qut.edu.au/fruitflyqut).

Photo: QUT Fruit Fly Group




DR. HASANUZZAMAN PARTICIPATED IN A FRUIT FLY TRAINING COURSE

TAAO SC member and TAAO EC Chair, Dr. M.

Hasanuzzaman, Institute of Food and Radiation Biol-

ogy (IFRB), Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission

(BAEC) participated in a training course, entitled

―Introductory Training Course on Fruit Fly Identifica-

tion, Ecology Monitoring and Management‖ on 12

July 2017, organized by the Training Institute of

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. The training

programme has been arranged with the assistance of

Insect Biotechnology Division (IBD), IFRB, BAEC,

to share the practical experiences on fruit fly ecology,

monitoring and management to young researchers and

to senior university students of relevant fields. In addi-

tion, hands on practical training on fruit fly identifica-

tion techniques were also demonstrated. The resource

persons were Dr. Luc Leblanc (USA) and Dr. Shakil

Ahmed Khan (Bangladesh).


Photos : Trainers (Dr. Shakil Ahmaed Khan and Dr. Luc Leblanc) and participants of the fruit fly

training course.


UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES TO REMEMBER

10th International Symposium on Fruit Fly of Eco-

nomic Importance (ISFFEI 2018), 23-27 April, 2018,

Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico. Abstract submission: 23

Feb 2018. (http://www.10isffei.org/)

1st International Congress of Biological Control , 14-

16 May, 2018, Beijing, China. Abstract submission:

28 Feb 2018.

Annual meeting of Society of Invertebrate Pathology,

12-16 August, 2018, Gold Coast, Australia. (http://

www.sipweb.org/meetings.html)

34th Annual Meeting of International Society of

Chemical Ecology, 12-18 August 2018, Budapest,

Hungary. (http://isce2018.premium.shp.hu/)

Ento‘18 , Royal Entomological Society Conference,

29-31 August, 2018 at Edge Hill University, Orm-

skirk, Lancashire, UK. (https://www.royensoc.co.uk/

event/ento-18)

Entomology 2018, Entomological Society of Amer-

ica, 11-14 November, 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

(http://www.entsoc.org/event-calendar/entomology-

2018)

9th International Congress on Dipterology, 25-30

November, 2018, Windhoek, Namibia. Abstract sub-

mission: 28 Feb 2018. (http://icd9.co.za/)

19th International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC

2019), 10-14 November, 2019, Hyderabad, Telan-

gana, India. (http://www.ippc2019.icrisat.org/)

26th International Congress of Entomology, 19-24

July, 2020, in Helsinki, Finland. (http://

www.ice2020helsinki.fi/)

2nd International Symposium of TAAO, 17-22 Au-

gust, 2020, China Agricultural University, Beijing,

China.

Meetings and Activities Related to International Or-

ganization for Biological and Integrated Control

(IOBC). (http://www.iobc-wprs.org/events/)

Tephritid Workers Data-

base (TWD)

Tephritid Workers Database link:

http://nucleus. iaea.org/sites/naipc/twd/Pages/

default.aspx

Please keep your TWD profile updated to stay con-

nected with the whole tephritid fruit fly community

in the world.


FIRST ROW L-R

Alvin Hee (Chair)

Department of Biology

Faculty of Science Universiti Putra Malaysia

Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

[email protected]

Mark Schutze

(Immediate Past Chair of SC and EC)

School of Earth, Environmental & Biological Sciences

Queensland University of Technology

GPO Box 2434

Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia

[email protected]

Zhihong Li

College of Plant Protection

China Agricultural University

Beijing, China

[email protected]

Tati Suryati Syamsudin

School of Life Sciences & Technology

Institut Teknologi Bandung

Jl. Ganesa No. 10 Bandung, Indonesia

[email protected]

Sujinda Thanaphum

Fruit Fly Molecular Genetic Laboratory

Department of Biotechnology

Faculty of Science

Mahidol University, Ratchathewe

Bangkok, Thailand

[email protected]

Annastasia Kawi

National Agriculture Quarantine Inspection Authority

P O Box 817, Kokopo, East New Britain Province Papua New Guinea

[email protected]

SECOND ROW L-R

Suk-Ling Wee

School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences

Faculty of Science & Technology Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan

Malaysia

[email protected]

Sandeep Singh

Department of Fruit Science

Punjab Agricultural University

Ludhiana 141004

Punjab

India

[email protected]

Sunyanee Srikachar

Pest Management Group

Plant Protection Research and Development Office

Department of Agriculture

Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900

Thailand.

[email protected]

Nguyen Thi Thanh Hien

Entomology Division Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI)

Duc Thang ward, Bac Tu Liem district

Ha Noi city

Vietnam

[email protected]

M. Hasanuzzaman

Institute of Food and Radiation Biology

Atomic Energy Research Establishment

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission

GPO Box- 3787

Dhaka-1000 Bangladesh

[email protected]

TAAO Steering Committee (2016-2020)












TAAO Editorial Committee (2016-2020)

M. Hasanuzzaman (Chair)




GPO Box- 3787, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

[email protected]

Farzana Yesmin




GPO Box- 3787, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

[email protected]

Hamish Patrick

Bio-Protection Research Centre

Burns 616, P O Box 85084

Lincoln University

Lincoln 7647, Christchurch, New Zealand

[email protected]

Deane Woruba

NSW Department of Primary Industries

Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute

Woodbridge Road, Menangle 2568 NSW

Australia

[email protected]

Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar

Department of Entomology,

Veer Kunwar Singh College of Agriculture,

(Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour)

Dumraon-802136, Buxar

Bihar, India

[email protected]

Yongcheng Dong

College of Plant Science and Technology

Huazhong Agricultural University,

430070, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

[email protected]







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