Design and relative efficiency of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) bucket traps

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1137-1142

  Uchida, G K ^a,b   Walsh, W A ^a,c   Encarnacion, C ^a   Vargas, R I ^a,d   Stark, J D ^a,e   Beardsley, J W ^a   McInnis, D O ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hawaii Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c OCEANIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bucket traps; Ceratitis capitata; color; monitoring

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0030499454     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/89.5.1137     Document Type: Article

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