Effect of Olive Surface Waxes on Oviposition by Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 993-998

  Kombargi, Wafik Salah ^a,b   Michelakis, Stelios Emmanuel ^a,c   Petrakis, Christos Antonios ^a  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture   (Lebanon)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bactrocera oleae; Epicuticular wax; Oleae europaea; Oleanene triterpene acids; Oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA OLEAE; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0007223166     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.4.993     Document Type: Article

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