Eradication of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae coquillett, by mass release of sterile flies in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-100

  Kakinohana, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Kuba, Hiroyuki ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a   Kinjo, Kunio ^a   Taniguchi, Masahiro ^a,c   Nakamori, Hiroaki ^a,b   Tanahara, Akira ^a,d   Sokei, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a Okinawa Pref Fruit Fly E   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^c Yaeyama Branch   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insect pest; Male annihilation; SIT (sterile insect technique)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531776     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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