IPC Publications

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 94, January 2020

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 94, January 2020

Product Quality Control for Sterile Mass-Reared and Released Tephritid Fruit Flies, Version 7.0.

FAO/IAEA/USDA. FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. IAEA, Vienna, Austria (2019).

Use of Entomopathogenic Fungi for Fruit Fly Control in Area-Wide SIT Programmes

Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories Activities Report 2019

Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories Activities Report 2019

Standard Operating Procedures for Detection and Identification of Trypanosome Species in Tsetse Flies Version 1.0

The manual provides an easy-to-use work flow that combines several different PCR-based methods that can be used for trypanosome detection and identification in field-caught tsetse flies and/or host blood samples collected from livestock and wildlife animals.

Spreadsheet for Designing Aedes Mosquito Mass-Rearing and Release Facilities Version 1.0

The number and production capacity of mass rearing insectaries for mosquitos is expected to increase in the coming years. This FAO/IAEA interactive Excel Spreadsheet has been developed to assists in technical and economic decision making associated with design, costing, construction, equipping, and facility operation. The spreadsheet is user friendly and thus largely self-explanatory.

Manual and Spreadsheet for Assessment of Sterile Insect Release Densities

This Excel spreadsheet model is a valuable tool for optimization of sterile insect release programmes in particular for fruit flies. This spreadsheet model has been validated and it is being used routinely in large-scale operational field programmes.

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 93, July 2019

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 93, July 2019

IPC Scientific Papers 2019

IPC Scientific Papers 2019

Plan de Acción en Caso de Detección de Moscas de la Fruta No-Nativas Reguladas del Género Bactrocera spp En América Latina y El Caribe

Insect Pest Control Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Organismo Internacional Regional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (OIRSA). Vienna, Austria (May 2019).

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 92, January 2019

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 92, January 2019

Fruit sampling guidelines for area-wide fruit fly programmes

These guidelines are aimed at facilitating the transfer of harmonized sampling procedures to National Plant Protection Organizations and horticultural industry of FAO and IAEA Member States that want to apply fruit sampling procedures for fruit fly population survey in area-wide action programmes. Insect Pest Control Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division, International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna, Austria, (June 2019).

Thematic plan for the development and application of the sterile insect technique (SIT) and related genetic and biological control methods for disease transmitting mosquitoes

Thematic Planning Meeting, 14–18 October 2019, Vienna, Austria

Situation of the New World Screwworm (NWS), Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), in the countries participating in the regional technical cooperation project RLA5067

This document presents the current knowledge on the presence or absence and geographical distribution of the NWS in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as its impacts on the cattle industry in the region (document only available in Spanish). Vienna, Austria, January 2018.

Standard Operating Procedures for Identification of Tsetse Species from Wild Populations and Laboratory Colonies

This document provides useful information to correctly identify specimens of nine tsetse flies species/subspecies derived from field collections or laboratory colonies using molecular techniques. 

In action: Nuclear applications in agriculture. On-the-ground success Part IV

Guidelines for Colonization of Aedes Mosquito Species - Version 1.0.

This document aims to provide a description of procedures required for the establishment of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus colonies in your insectary or laboratory. It presents a summary of the necessary steps such as collecting material from the field, species identification, and adapting your wild colony to laboratory conditions and artificial rearing procedures. Insect Pest Control Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division, International Atomic Energy Agency. Vienna, Austria, (May 2018).

Update of the technical leaflet released in six languages on the discrimination between two invasive Bactrocera fruit fly pests

Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly) sometimes overlaps in terms of distribution with Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly). A technical leaflet to help to discriminate among these two invasive pest species, was updated and produced in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The leaflet will be useful for countries and regions where these species are present or at risk of incursion helping to implement the recommended emergency response and is now available to regulatory agencies, surveillance and identification staff, growers of horticultural products and other stakeholders. It was prepared by Marc De Meyer (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium) and Ian White (formerly research associate Natural History Museum, UK).

Hoja de Ruta para la Supresión y Erradicación Progresiva del Gusano Barrenador del Ganado (GBG), Cochliomyia hominivorax, Coquerel, del Continente Americano

The recently prepared “Road Map for the New World Screwworm (NWS) Suppression and Progressive Eradication in the American Continent”, raises the possibility of continuing with the NWS eradication in a progressive manner to benefit the countries in the region where the disease is still present. Document only available in Spanish (executive summary in English). Prepared by the Expert Moisés Vargas-Teran under the TC Project RLA5075, Vienna, Austria, (2018).

Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories Activities Report 2018

Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories Activities Report 2018