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28 February 2018 Spatial Analysis of Seasonal Dynamics and Overwintering of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Okanagan-Columbia Basin, 2010–2014
Howard M. A. Thistlewood, Paramjit Gill, Elizabeth H. Beers, Peter W. Shearer, Doug B. Walsh, Brigitte M. Rozema, Susanna Acheampong, Steve Castagnoli, Wee L. Yee, Peter Smytheman, Alix B. Whitener
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Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), was monitored from 2010 to 2014 in 314–828 sites located in interior fruit-growing regions of OR and WA, United States, and BC, Canada, using traps baited with apple cider vinegar or sugar-water-yeast. Seasonal population dynamics and sex ratios were summarized for berry, cherry, stone fruit, grape, non-crop host plants, non-host sites, and for conventional IPM, certified organic, backyard, and feral sites, by region and year. Overwintering was detected in all regions and years, despite winter temperatures below -17°C. A spatial analysis was conducted using a Geographic Information System (GIS), daily weather data, geomorphometric measures of terrain, distance to water, and other variables, at each site. Overwintering success at a site, measured as Julian week of first capture of D. suzukii, was significantly related (R2 = 0.49) in cherry habitats to year, agronomic treatment, and number of winter days with temperatures >-5°C. In berry, cherry, stone fruit and grape habitats, 2011–2014, it was significantly related (R2 = 0.42) to year, agronomic treatment, the logarithm of peak population of D. suzukii in the prior autumn, latitude, elevation, and topographic wetness index. The results show that D. suzukii has adapted to exploit a succession of irrigated crops and feral habitats in mixed landscapes of a semi-arid region with cold winters and hot dry summers, and are shaping strategies for pest management and for biological control.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2018.
Howard M. A. Thistlewood, Paramjit Gill, Elizabeth H. Beers, Peter W. Shearer, Doug B. Walsh, Brigitte M. Rozema, Susanna Acheampong, Steve Castagnoli, Wee L. Yee, Peter Smytheman, and Alix B. Whitener "Spatial Analysis of Seasonal Dynamics and Overwintering of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Okanagan-Columbia Basin, 2010–2014," Environmental Entomology 47(2), 221-232, (28 February 2018). https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx178
Received: 20 July 2017; Accepted: 19 October 2017; Published: 28 February 2018
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GIS
horticultural entomology
invasive species
landscape
population ecology
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