Effects of Food Deprivation, Age, Time of Day, and Gamma Irradiation on Attraction of Mexican Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) to Two Synthetic Lures in a Wind Tunnel

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1303-1309

  Robacker, David C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Ammonium acetate; Anastrepha ludens; Attractants; Lures; Putrescine

Indexed keywords

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0007900069     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.6.1303     Document Type: Article

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