Feeding and Foraging of Wild and Sterile Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Presence of Spinosad Bait

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1405-1411

  Barry, James D ^a,b   Vargas, Roger I ^a,c   Miller, Neil W ^a,c   Morse, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; GF 120; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0347663974     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.5.1405     Document Type: Article

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