Methyl eugenol and cue-lure traps for suppression of male oriental fruit flies and melon flies (diptera: tephritidae) in Hawaii: Effects of lure mixtures and weathering

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-87

  Vargas, Roger I ^a   Stark, John D ^a,b   Kido, Michael H ^a,c   Ketter, Heidi M ^a   Whitehand, Linda C ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Pacific West Area   (United States)

Author keywords

Areawide suppression; Bactrocera cucurbitae; Bactrocera dorsalis; Cue lure; Methyl eugenol

Indexed keywords

4 (P ACETOXYPHENYL) 2 BUTANONE; 4-(P-ACETOXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE; ALKANONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EUGENOL; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; METHYLEUGENOL; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SEASON; TEPHRITIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BUTANONES; EUGENOL; HAWAII; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; PHEROMONES; SEASONS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0003002563     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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