Comparison of the Efficacy of Different Food Attractants and Their Concentration for Melon Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 231-238

  Fabre, F ^a   Ryckewaert, P ^a   Duyck, P F ^a   Chiroleu, F ^a   Quilici, S ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Concentration; Food attractants; Protein hydrolysates

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CUCUMIS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REUNION;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES; REUNION;

EID: 0037676092     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.1.231     Document Type: Article

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