Application of the Maximum Pest Limit Concept to Quarantine Security Standards for the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1433-1440

  Mangan, Robert L ^a   Frampton, E R ^a,b   Thomas, Donald B ^a   Moreno, Daniel S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mexican fruit fly; Mexico; Quarantine; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; CITRUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; MANGIFERA INDICA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0037918587     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.6.1433     Document Type: Review

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