Early detection and population monitoring of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a mixed-fruit orchard in northern Greece

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 971-978

  Papadopoulos, Nikos T ^a   Katsoyannos, Byron I ^a   Kouloussis, Nikos A ^a   Hendrichs, Jorge ^a,b   Carey, James R ^a,c   Heath, Robert R ^a,d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Early detection; Food attractants; Hosts; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; FRUIT; GREECE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREECE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE;

EID: 0035431550     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.4.971     Document Type: Article

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