Methodological strategy for the establishment of areas free of fruit flies, in the northern zone of Lake Xolotlán, Nicaragua

Abstract

In order to describe the strategy of the phytosanitary procedures used for the establishment and national recognition of the fruit fly-free area in the northern zone of Xolotlán Lake, the method of qualitative, non-experimental, retrospective, longitudinal type research was used, based on the collection and registration of information from the Institute for Agricultural Protection and Health (IPSA), a list of international regulations on phytosanitary measures versus the application of phytosanitary procedures in the Northern Zone, as secondary sources we rely on the experience of programs control of other countries that will provide evidence of the mechanism implemented to achieve pest-free areas, concluding that the methodological strategy for the establishment of the fruit fly-free area is based on population levels indicated by monitoring during surveillance, the state of fruit flies in the selected area, the state of the host and its sensitivity, the biology of the pest and the economic and technical viability and that for the development of the establishment of the fruit fly-free area, the application of phytosanitary procedures is needed as legal basis, suppression stage that includes detection, sampling, collection, treatment of fruits, chemical control and records; the containment stage as internal quarantine and buffer zone, ending with outbreak control that involves the eradication and recognition stage of the area.