PROCEM MENDOZA ARGENTINA Program of Control and Eradication of Fruit Flies Applications of GIS (Geographical Information System) MENDOZA ARGENTINA

Medfly Campaigns 1990 to 1992 Objective: Diagnosis Activity: Trapping Number of traps: 1527

First attempts in the use of geographic coordinates Use of cartographical maps Use of graph generators

Medfly Campaigns 1992 to 2001 Objective: Eradication Activities: Monitoring Trapping Fruit sampling Control SIT Chemical Control Cultural control

Field Data. Medfly Campaign 1999/2000 PROCEM - MENDOZA Field Data. Medfly Campaign 1999/2000 North Oasis: 18,891 East Oasis: 11,283 Central Oasis: 6,810 South Oasis: 15,099 TOTAL : 52,173 FRUIT SAMPLING TRAPPING North Oasis: Jackson: 803 Mc Phail: 332 % of traps monitored: 96 East Oasis: Jackson: 880 Mc Phail: 260 % of traps monitored: 98 Central Oasis: Jackson: 712 Mc Phail: 204 % of traps monitored: 99 South Oasis: Jackson: 1.105 Mc Phail: 335 Total number of traps on duty: 4.631 Total number of trap readings : 228.151 Total mumber of male medfly realeased: 4.591 bilions. Weekly average (Under release period): 104 milions Aerial release: 90% of the area. Land release 10% of the area. Distribution: Over preestablished blocks on the North, East and South Oasis. In the Central Oasis: preventive releases on urban areas SIT CONTROL CHEMICAL AND CULTURAL CONTROL OASIS FTD NORTH 0,00397 EAST 0,00207 CENTRAL 0,00010 SOUTH 0,00074 F.T.D RURAL AREAS

Field Data. Medfly Campaign 2000/2001 CHEMICAL AND CULTURAL CONTROL PROCEM - MENDOZA Field Data. Medfly Campaign 2000/2001 (up to week 31, over 52 weeks) North Oasis: 8,861 East Oasis: 5,069 Central Oasis: 6,810 South Oasis: 8,359 TOTAL : 28,683 FRUIT SAMPLING TRAPPING North Oasis: Jackson: 803 Mc Phail: 332 % of traps monitored: 97 East Oasis: Jackson: 880 Mc Phail: 260 % of traps monitored: 98 Central Oasis: Jackson: 712 Mc Phail: 204 % of traps monitored: 99 South Oasis: Jackson: 1.105 Mc Phail: 335 Total number of traps on duty: 4.631 Total number of trap readings : 228.151 Total mumber of male medfly realeased: 2.668 bilions. Weekly average (Under release period): 102 milions Aerial release: 90% of the area. Land release 10% of the area. Distribution: Over preestablished blocks on the North, East and South Oasis. In the Central Oasis: preventive releases on urban areas SIT CONTROL CHEMICAL AND CULTURAL CONTROL OASIS FTD NORTH 0,00023 EAST 0,00017 CENTRAL 0,00000 SOUTH 0,00011 F.T.D RURAL AREAS

Geographic Information System (G.I.S) GIS technology is aimed to understand facts which occur on earth using digital images on a computer

Geographic Information System (GIS) EACH DATA POINT IS AN ELEMENT SET UP IN THE SPACE THROUGH A PREDEFINED SYSTEM OF COORDINATES

IMPLEMENTATION . Rearrangement of existing data bases and set up of new ones . Election of a system of geographic projection . Compilation and generation of cartography and digital images . Election of a GIS system. . Generation of program rutines to link the different data bases

HOST CENSUS. CHEMICAL AND CULTURAL CONTROL APLICATIONS FRUIT SAMPLING TRAPPING HOST CENSUS. CHEMICAL AND CULTURAL CONTROL SIT

TRAPPING . Exact location of each trap . Spatial distribution in routes . Dispersion of fly catches . Additional information on individual traps

FRUIT SAMPLING . Coverage and distribution of fruit sampling . Exact place of each sampled location . Additional information of each fruit sample

CENSUS . Host distribution . Location and quantity of each species . Planification and coverage of Chemical and Cultural Control

SIT . Planification of the areas to be released . Control of plane releases . Information about each flight . Analysis of the sterile insect dispersal

Aerial releases Area under SIT: 160,000 ha Strain: TSL Sterile males released per week: 80.000.000 Density : 400- 800 males/ha Type of release: aerial in paper bags Flies per bag: 2,600 males Bags per week: 38,500 Number of blocks: 36 Area of each block: 4,000 – 4,500 ha Frequency: - weekly in 17 blocks - twice a week in 19 urban blocks Airports under operation: 4 Planes under operation: Cessna 172, Cessna 182 Capacity of planes: 700 bags (1,820,000 males) Weekly flights: 55 Average time of each flight: 50 minutes Weekly flight hours: 45 Total flight hours: 2000 Flight conditions: - Altitude: 1.000 feet - Mean speed: 100 miles/hour - Distance between bands: 300 m - Frequency between bags: 4-5 seconds

GIS IS AN EFFICIENT TOOL Useful on any program of pest control . For Administration . For Analysis . For Interpretation . For Diagnosis . For Planification . For Execution . For Control Useful on any program of pest control

AUTHORS: ING. AGR. OSCAR DE LONGO - COORDINATOR PROCEM MENDOZA SR. EDGARDO ARLANDI, SR. ALBERTO TOBARES - SYSTEM DESIGNERS Http:www.iscamen.com.ar E-mail:procem@iscamen.com.ar