IPC Publications

Plan Rector Regional para la Aplicación del Manejo Integrado de Moscas de la Fruta

The Regional Master Plan for the Application of Integrated Fruit Fly Management based on the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), addresses the problems caused by fruit flies of economic and quarantine importance, with a special emphasis on the South American fruit fly (Anastrepha fraterculus) and the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata). The plan therefore proposes close collaboration among South American countries through the creation of a Regional Commission to coordinate fruit fly pest management activities.

Atoms4Food: Growing Food Security

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 103, July 2024

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 103, July 2024

Guideline on Phytosanitary Procedures for Area-Wide Management of Fruit Fly Pests

This guideline describes the most widely used classic and modern phytosanitary procedures for the management of fruit flies that infest fruits and vegetables and that are of quarantine and economic importance, specifically species of the genera Anastrepha, Bactrocera, Ceratitis, Dacus, Rhagoletis and Zeugodacus. Pest management can be aimed at the native species of fruit flies or to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread of those non-native species.

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 102, January 2024

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 102, January 2024

Thematic Plan for the Development and Application of the Sterile Insect Technique for Tsetse Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management Programmes

The thematic plan aims to provide strategic guidance and direction on how and where the SIT technology could be most efficiently and effectively applied to control and ultimately eradicate the tsetse fly.

International Guideline for Transboundary Shipments of Irradiated Sterile Insects

This document contains guidelines for transboundary shipment and importation of irradiated sterile insects (either as a consignment in transit or for entry in the country of destination). Producers/shippers and importers of sterile insects may be private businesses as well as government, parastatal, joint venture or international organizations.

IPC Scientific Papers 2023

IPC Scientific Papers 2023

Guidelines for mark-release-recapture procedures of Aedes mosquitoess_v2.0.

The protocols presented in these guidelines are the results of lessons from collaborations with Member States preparing SIT pilot trials against Aedes species. They were developed to expose the problems encountered in order to provide useful insights to develop MRR protocols that should be adapted to each situation and research questions.

Guidelines for Biosafety and Biosecurity in Mosquito Rearing Facilities_Version 2.0

The present guidelines refer to a mosquito rearing facility which is suitable for work with uninfected mosquito vectors including: 1) mosquitoes that are already present in the local geographic region, and 2) exotic mosquitoes that upon escape would be inviable or become only temporarily established in areas not having active vector borne disease transmission.

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 101, July 2023

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 101, July 2023

Directrices generales para facilitar la apertura de mercados internacionales de frutas y hortalizas hospedantes de moscas de la fruta con base en las Normas Internacionales de Medidas Fitosanitarias

Directrices Generales para Facilitar la Apertura de Mercados Internacionales de Frutas y Hortalizas. El objetivo de este documento es profundizar en el uso de las normas internacionales para facilitar el comercio internacional de frutas y hortalizas frescas. Conocido es que muchos de estos productos son hospedantes de moscas de la fruta.

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 100, January 2023

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 100, January 2023

Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories Activities Report 2021

Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories Activities Report 2021

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 99, July 2022

Insect Pest Control Newsletter No. 99, July 2022

Guidelines for Mass Rearing and Irradiation of Drosophila suzukii for Sterile Insect Technique Application Version 1.0

The present document describes the standard mass rearing protocols and sterilization procedures currently used at the IPCL. In the first part of the document, we describe the mass rearing oviposition system used at the IPCL and detail the different steps necessary to maintain a SWD laboratory colony, in particular egg collection, larval rearing, and pupae collection. In the second part, we present the pupal irradiation procedure, as well as the method to measure adult sterility level.

General guidelines to facilitate the opening of international markets for fruits and vegetables that are fruit fly hosts based on International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures

The key to opening markets in the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) framework, is to focus on the pest risk, and especially on all the factors contributing to risk and mitigating risk. There is often a tendency to begin with legacy concepts and requirements that were based on assumptions of high risk rather than begin with a fresh view of the evidence and an objective analysis of the risk.

IPC Scientific Papers 2022

IPC Scientific Papers 2022

Dosimetry for SIT: Standard Operating Procedures for Gafchromic™ Film Dosimetry System for Gamma Radiation v1.0

This SOP brings together in one place a description of the components of the Gafchromic™ dosimetry system for Gamma Radiation, the procedure for its characterization and its application to process validation and process control, together with references to the relevant standards. It provides a readily available source of information that can be accessed by both research workers and production facility managers. The SOP is also available in Spanish.

Manual de Control de Calidad del Producto en la Cría masiva y Liberación de Moscas de la Fruta Estériles, (traducción de la Versión 7.0 de 2019)

FAO/IAEA/USDA. FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. IAEA, Vienna, Austria (2022)