David Nestel Ph.D.

During the last 30 years I have been involved in research related to the nutritional physiology of fruit flies, especially in relation to the sterile insect technique and mass rearing, and the ecology of fruit flies of economic importance. In this respect, I concentrated on the population ecology and dispersion patterns of fruit flies, and the development of IPM and Precision Targeting strategies against fruit flies. My resent direction includes the development of electronic traps for the real-time remote monitoring and surveillance of tephritidae fruit fly pests, and the incorporation of these information into Decision Support Systems.