Exposure to ginger root oil enhances mating success of irradiated, mass-reared males of Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1413-1418

  Shelly, Todd E ^a,b   McInnis, Donald O ^c  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Ginger root oil; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; GINGER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GINGER; MALE; PHEROMONES; PLANT OILS; PLANT ROOTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035748535     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1413     Document Type: Article

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