Abundance and mating behavior of the Oriental fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) near Methyleugenol-baited traps

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-167

  Alyokhin, Andrei V ^a,c   Messing, Russell H ^b   Duan, Jian J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera dorsalis; Behavioral control; Insecta; Mating; Methyleugenol; Parapheromone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035536353     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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