About Us
Welcome to the TAAO!
Tephritid fruit flies are among the world’s most destructive horticultural pests, infesting a wide range of fruit and impacting on regional quarantine, trade, and food security. They are also an incredibly diverse group of insects and the subject of fundamental research into biodiversity, evolution, and general biology.
The Asian, Australian, and Oceanic region is a centre of tephritid diversity, particularly of genus
Bactrocera which contains over 500 species; and regional horticulture is seriously affected by pests such as the Oriental Fruit Fly
(B. dorsalis), the Melon Fly (B. cucurbitae), and the Guava Fruit Fly (B. correcta) to name just a few.
The ‘Tephritid workers of Asia, Australia, and Oceania’ (TAAO) was established as an independent professional and scientific organization with the purpose of bringing together tephritid workers from across the region. The TAAO’s specifically aims to:
- Broaden interaction and collaboration among tephritid workers from the region
- Enhance capacity to develop and deploy effective diagnostic and management programmes
- Provide a centralised forum for researchers, agencies, and regulators to access and obtain specific information or to contact regional tephritid workers
- Foster collegiality among tephritid workers in the region
- Educate the wider community about the biological importance of tephritids and their impact on regional horticulture.
Regular conferences are planned, with the TAAO First Symposium
(TAAO 2016) held on August 15-18, 2016, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 2nd TAAO meeting was held in Beijing China in 2024, and the 3rd TAAO meeitng will be held in Vietnam in 2028.
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Second TAAO 2024 meeting | Beijing | China
The_2nd_TAAO_Symposium_2024_Programme_Abstract_Book.pdf
Photo gallery of 2nd TAAO 2024 meeting
Participants of the 2nd TAAO 2024 meeting on Tephritid Fruit Flies in Beijing, China, 06-10 May, 2024.
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TAAO Steering Committee members (2024-2028)
Zhihong Li (Chair of TAAO SC)
College of Plant Protection
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Email: lizh@cau.edu.cn
Alvin KW Hee (Immediate Past Chair)
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Email: alvinhee@upm.edu.my
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hien (Organiser, TAAO 2028)
Entomology and Nematology Department
Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI)
Duc Thang ward, Bac Tu Liem district
Ha Noi city
Vietnam
Email: thanhhien1456@gmail.com
M. Hasanuzzaman
Institute of Food and Radiation Biology
Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission
GPO Box 3787
Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh
Email: hasan.baec@gmail.com
Anastasia Kawi
National Agriculture Quarantine & Inspection Authority
P O Box 817, Kokopo, East New Britain Province
Papua New Guinea
Email: akawi@naqia.gov.pg
Apriscillakawi@gmail.com
Peter Leach
Fresh & Secure Trade Alliance (FASTA)
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Australia
Email: Peter.Leach@daf.qld.gov.au
| Sandeep Singh
Department of Fruit Science
Punjab Agricultural University
Ludhiana 141004
Punjab
India
Email: sandeep_pau.1974@pau.edu
Sunyanee Srikachar
Plant Protection Research and Development Office
Department of Agriculture
Bangkok
Thailand.
Email: sunyaneesrikachar@gmail.com
Melissa Starkie
Biosecurity Queensland
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
GPO Box 267,
Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Email: melissa.starkie@daf.qld.gov.au
Tati Suryati Syamsudin
School of Life Sciences & Technology
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Jl.Ganesa No. 10 Bandung, Indonesia
Email: tati@itb.ac.id
Sujinda Thanaphum
Fruit Fly Molecular Genetic Laboratory
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty of Science
Mahidol University, Ratchathewe
Bangkok, Thailand
Email: sujinda.tha@mahidol.ac.th
Suk-Ling Wee
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Email: slwee@ukm.edu.my |
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First term TAAO SC members (2012-2016)
Members of the TAAO SC. Top row L-R: Mark Schutze, TAAO ex-chair (Australia),
Alvin Hee chair (Malaysia),
Zhihong Li (China),
Tati Suryati Syamsudin (Indonesia),
Sujinda Thanaphum (Thailand),
Suksom Chinvinijkul
outgoing (Thailand). Bottom row L-R:
Suk Ling Wee (Malaysia),
Kenji Tsuruta outgoing (Japan),
Bonifacio Cayabyab outgoing (Philippines),
Sandeep Singh (India),
Phil Taylor
outgoing (Australia),
Annastasia Priscilla Kawi (Papua New Guinea).
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TAAO Newsletter Editorial Board (2016-2024)
1. Md Hasanuzzaman (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Agency, Bangladesh) (New Chief Editor)
2. Farzana Yesmin (Bangladesh Atomic Energy Agency, Bangladesh)
3. Hamish Patrick (Lincoln University, New Zealand)
4. Deane Woruba (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
5. Chandra Prabhakar (Bihar Agricultural University, India)
6. Yongcheng Dong (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
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