Hot peppers as a host for the Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 603-608

  Thomas, Donald B ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST PLANT; HOST RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL;

ANASTREPHA; ANASTREPHA LUDENS; ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CITRUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 12344257877     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0603:HPAAHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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