Exploiting the interactions of chemical and visual cues in behavioral control measures for pest tephritid fruit flies

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-282

  Epsky, Nancy D ^a   Heath, Robert R ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Ceratitis capitata; Pheromone; Rhagoletis pomonella; Tephritidae; Trapping

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; FLY; PEST CONTROL; VISUAL CUE;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0031791598     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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