Attractiveness of methyl eugenol to the fruit fly Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Indonesia

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Iwahashi, Osamu ^a   Syamusdin Subahar, Tati Suryati ^a,b   Sastrodiharojo, Soelaksono ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bactrocera carambolae; Daily periodicity; Methyl eugenol; Response by females; Response by males; Trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007250399     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.5.653     Document Type: Article

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