1. Watchreeporn Orankanok Department of Agricultural Extension
Past Experiences, Current Status and Plans for the Fruit Fly IPM for Smallholder Vegetable and Fruit Growers in Thailand by
Watchreeporn Orankanok
Department of Agricultural Extension
In Thailand, technology we use is integrating the sterile insect technique.
The Inception Workshop for the Area-wide Asian Fruit Fly IPM
31 Aug. – 3 Sept. 2010
AIT, Pathumthani, Thailand.

2. Office of Atomics for Peace-OAP
HISTORY of MODERN
FRUIT FLY CONTROL
Royal Ang Khang Research Station
Doi Ang Khang Mountain
1982
Office of Atomics for Peace-OAP
Embarked SIT
Suppression history ;
In 1982, Office of Atoms for Peace embarked SIT fro fruit fly control in Chiangmai province in Northern part of Thailand.
In year 1982 , the Office of Atomic for Peace used SIT against the Oriental fruit fly (B. dorsalis) in a initial pilot project .

3. Percentage of Infestation
1982
54.7%
1987
DoAE
1991
1997 4%

4. AREA-WIDE INTEGRATED CONTROL OF FRUIT FLIES
2001
AREA-WIDE INTEGRATED CONTROL OF FRUIT FLIES
Year 2001, Thailand adopted concept of “area-wide insect pest control” therefore, the first pilot area were expanded as area wide concept.and sterile OFF was released over mango and other fruit orchards
THAILAND

5. PHICHIT 36.7 km2 RATCHABURI 34.4 km2 13 O 35’ N O 99 O 83’ EO
Until 2002
Ratchaburi Province in Southwestern of Thailand, in Southwestern of Thailand, OFF was released over mango and other fruit orchards as core area of 13.4 km2 and as buffer zone of 21 km2 of paddy field and mountains (table 1 and figure 1). The twenty-two releasing points were determined uniformly spread with distant 1000 metres in the release area by hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver.
And Pichit province located 450 km. northwest of Bangkok, which a big mango plantation area which a big mango plantation area of km2 , surrounded by field crops and mountains. Release sites would be marked for better sterile flies distribution with uniformly spread distant of 350 metres by hand-held GPS receiver .

6. PROJECT ACTIVITY COMPONENTS
In Thailand, technology we use is integrating the sterile insect technique. 6

7. Area-wide fruit flies suppression using integrated Management
OBJECTIVE
To improve quality of fresh fruit through environment-friendly techniques
STRATEGIES
Area-wide fruit flies suppression
using integrated Management
OBJECTIVE:
To improve quality of fresh fruit through environment-friendly techniques and strategies :
Area-wide fruit flies suppression using the integrated SIT . 7

8. Two main species of FF pest
ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY
Bactrocera dorsalis
The Oriental fruit fly-OFF (Bactrocera dorsalis, Hendel) and the guava fruit fly-GFF (B. correcta, Bezzi), has been considered the important species of agricultural pests widespread in Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific .Its degree of wide spreadness is second only to the Mediterranean fruit fly. Since , only sterile OFF was released over project area then present both sterile species of OFF anf GFF were released.
GUAVA FRUIT FLY
Bactrocera correcta

9. PROJECT ACTIVITY COMPONENTS
Find Out Areas of interest
Staff Training
Motivate Stake Holder
Characterize areas of Interest
Stake Holder Training
Surveilance
Suppression
Public relation
Monitoring & Evaluation
R&D 9

10. USD 100 - 120 / 1 million sterile pupae
Cost of SIT
USD / 1 million sterile pupae
Operation cost + SIT
125 Thai Baht or ~ USD 4.17 / 1 Rai / year
Improving efficiency of the sterile male by enhancing mating competitiveness
USD / 1 hectare / year 10

11. “Community Plant Pest management Center” is the main activity,
FUTURE
How to put more effort and educate farmers under condition of budget limitation.
“Community Plant Pest management Center” is the main activity,
to develop farmers to be
“Pests Management Professional in IPM” reduce damage to farmers crops, encourage less investment and to enhance participation community in the project.
AW-IPM fruit fly control programme using the SIT have been operate over large area, and sometimes involve major facility and equipments. The required financial resource may also be large. Even though a programme might be economical on a benefit/cost basis, it is not always affordable, and obtaining operating funds can be the most important issue facing a programme. As understanding that type of financing used affects programme strategy and operations, the duration of programme support, and the reliability of the support. The case of programme in Thailand, financial support from government is essential to stability and success of programme. However, sometimes government support is unreliable or not delivered in a timely manner, and in a biological programme this can easily cause delays, uncertainly, unneccessary repetition of work, and even programme failure.
The basic requirements for scaling up the project from a pilot level to a national wide project is not only complex procedure of incorporating new and better technologies but also convincing government officials to support a programme is often a huge challenge.

12. The basic requirements for scaling up
CONCLUSIONS
The basic requirements for scaling up
the project from a pilot level to
a national wide project is not only
complex procedure of incorporating new
and better technologies but also
convincing people involve
to support a programme is often
a huge challenge.