Effect of eradication of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dor salis, on the population density of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, in the Ryukyu Archipelago, estimated from the number of male flies captured by attractant traps

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 625-630

  Itô, Yosiaki ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Bactrocera dorsalis; Eradication; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; CUCUMIS;

EID: 33644558021     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.625     Document Type: Article

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