Behavioural switch of female Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: Mating and oviposition activity in outdoor field cages in Hawaii

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-184

  Jang, Eric B ^a   McInnis, Donald O ^a   Kurashima, Rick ^a   Carvalho, Lori A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory glands; Behaviour; Mating; Mediterranean fruit fly; Olfaction; Oviposition; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 0038470184     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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