ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to briefly update the reader on the most important conceptual and practical advances in the broad field of integrated pest management, and to review the alternative fruit fly management methods and strategies currently being developed or utilized. It must be noted that there is an important caveat to the use of habitat manipulation as a fruit fly management tool. Trap cropping, for example, can function as a double-edged sword—while effective at diverting attack by fruit flies from more valuable fruit trees or fruit varieties it can also increase fly numbers if neglected by growers. The sterile insect technique has been successfully utilized in many regions of the world to control and eradicate several pestiferous tephritids. Nevertheless, its large-scale application has been hindered by the fact that sterile females sting fruit, rendering them unsuitable for commercialization in selective markets.
