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8 th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. Valencia 2010.<br />

A REVIEW OF RECENT ADVANCES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS IN THE STUDY OF<br />

FRUIT FLY (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) - HOST PLANT RELATIONSHIPS<br />

Aluja, Martín*; Birke, Andrea & Guillén, Larissa.<br />

Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico;. Email: martin.aluja@inecol.edu.mx<br />

We provide an overview of recent advances in the study of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) -<br />

host plant relationships as well as a look into the future of this fascinating research area of<br />

great basic and applied interest. We start by reviewing the evolutionary, ecological,<br />

physiological and behavioral mechanisms related to host finding and utilization. We then<br />

review recent work by us and various other groups worldwide on host plant use patterns,<br />

dwelling on host resistance, fitness costs to the herbivore and the effect of the host on<br />

nutritional and immune reserves and sexual performance of adult flies. Examples used stem<br />

from work with Anastrepha ludens, A. striata, A. fraterculus, Rhagoletis completa and<br />

Ceratitis capitata, among others. We also discuss recent work on host effects on the next<br />

trophic level, using native and exotic braconid parasitoids such as Utetes anastrephae and<br />

Diachamismorpha longicaudata as models to illustrate the phenomenon. Along the way we<br />

discuss the great potential of new research tools such as proteomics in elucidating the fine<br />

details of host plant use by true fruit flies. We finish by discussing recent advances in host<br />

plant status designation; among them the process of determination of the fundamental and<br />

realized host ranges which impinge directly on regulatory procedures related to the export of<br />

fresh fruit worldwide.

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