Spotted Wing Drosophila Resources
Videos and Recorded Webinars about Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila
Links to websites about Spotted Wing Drosophila
Extension Publications
- Management Recommendations for Spotted Wing Drosophila in Organic Berry Crops, University of Georgia Extension. Originally published in 2018, revised in 2023.
- 2021 ranking of insecticides for their performance against spotted-wing Drosophila. Developed by applied entomologists managing this pest in California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington.
- Spotted Wing Drosophila: Biology, Behavior and Organic Management, by Andrew Petran, University of Minnesota, eOrganic Article, 2017.
- Organic Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila, University of Minnesota Extension, 2017.
- Integrated Strategies for Management of Spotted Wing Drosophila in Organic Small Fruit Production. Michigan State University Extension. 2016.
- The following lists of wild and cultivated plants that have been obsereved to be hosts for Spotted Wing Drosophila were published by members of the NIFA OREI project Development and implementation of systems-based organic management strategies for spotted wing drosophila in October, 2016:
Journal Articles
Underlined articles contain contributions by members of this project; articles in bold are fully open access papers that do not require a journal subscription. Links to articles not in bold contain access to abstracts and, in some cases, additional information.
- Genome divergence and reproductive incompatibility among populations of Ganaspis near brasiliensis. Published 2024. Hopper, K.H. et al.
- Mesh covers on sentinel parasitoid traps prevent Drosophila suzukii movement and impact parasitism by Ganaspis brasiliensis and Pachycrepoideus vindemiae. Published 2023. Sriram, A. et al.
- First records of adventive populations of the parasitoids Ganaspis brasiliensis and Leptopilina japonica in the United States. Published 2022. Beers, E.H. et al.
- Using red panel traps to detect spotted-wing drosophila and it's infestation in US berry and cherry crops. Published 2022. Panthi, B. et al.
- Methods for rearing the parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, a promising biological control agent for invasive Drosophila suzukii. Published 2022. Rossi-Stacconi, M. V. et al.
- Biological Control of Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae)—Current and Pending Tactics. Published 2019. Jana C Lee, Xingeng Wang, Kent M Daane, Kim A Hoelmer, Rufus Isaacs, Ashfaq A Sial, Vaughn M Walton.
- Control of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, by specific insecticides and by conventional and organic crop protection programs. Published 2013. Steven Van Timmeren, Rufus Isaacs.
- Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities. Published 2015. Asplen, M.K., Anfora, G., Biondi, A. et al.
- Effect of non-nutritive sugars to decrease the survivorship of spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii. Man-Yeon Choi, Siew Bee Tang, Seung-Joon Ahn, Kaushalya G Amarasekare, Peter Shearer, Jana C Lee.
- Evaluation of high tunnels for management of Drosophila suzukii in fall-bearing red raspberries: Potential for reducing insecticide use. Published 2016. Rogers, M.A., Burkness, E.C. & Hutchison, W.D.
- Economic analysis of revenue losses and control costs associated with the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzkii (Matsumura), in the California raspberry industry. Published 2017. Derek Farnsworth, Kelly A Hamby, Mark Bolda, Rachael E Goodhue, Jeffrey C Williams, Frank G Zalom.
- Exclusion Netting Delays and Reduces Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Infestation in Raspberries. Pubished in 2016. Heather Leach, Steven Van Timmeren, Rufus Isaacs.
- Rapid harvest schedules and fruit removal as non-chemical approaches for managing spotted wing Drosophila. Published 2017. Heather Leach, Josh Moses, Eric Hanson, Philip Fanning & Rufus Isaacs.
- The effect of border sprays and between-row soil tillage on Drosophila suzukii in organic blackberry production. Published 2016. L. E. Iglesias, O. E. Liburd.
Conference Papers and Presentations
- Brown, J., and O. E. Liburd. 2023. Towards the biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii in North-central Florida natural areas using Ganaspis brasiliensis, March 12-15. SEB-ESA, Little Rock Arkansas.
- Daane et al. Classical biological control of the spotted-wing drosophila in USA. Entomological Society of American & Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2022
- Fanning, P., Johnson, B., Prade, P., Rodriguez-Saona, C. and Loeb, G. Progress towards classical biological control for spotted wing drosophila in the northeastern United States. Invited talk at ESA annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada on 15 November, 2022 as part of the symposium: Biocontrol of Drosophila suzukii: status updates on natural enemies and ecological considerations.
- Hogg, B. N. et al. Releases of Pachycrepoideus vindemiae for augmentative biological control of spotted wing drosophila. Annual Entomological Society of America meeting. Vancouver, BC, November 2022.
- Lambert, A., J. Brown, L. Daucan , and O. E. Liburd. 2023. Biological control potential of SWD with natural enemies including entomopathogenic nematodes. March 12-15. SEB-ESA, Little Rock Arkansas.
- Lee, J. et al. Areawide releases of Ganaspis brasiliensis in the West Coast. Entomological Society of American & Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2022
- Prade, P., and C. Rodriguez-Saona. 2023. Survey of Drosophila suzukii parasitoids in New Jersey prior and after the release of Ganaspis brasiliensis. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch Meeting. Providence, RI, March 20, 2023.
- Stahl, J. M. et al. Setting the stage: An overview of spotted-wing drosophila biocontrol efforts. Entomological Society of American & Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. Nov 2022
- Yeh, D.A. et al. A Bioeconomic Model for Sustainable Control of Drosophila suzukii in Organic Blueberry Production. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting (Selected Paper Presentation). Washington D.C. 2023.
Funding
Funding for this website is from the USDA NIFA Organic Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) Program. Grant numbers: 2022-51300-37890, 2018-51300-28434 and 2015-51300-24154.