The sterile insect technique and the Mediterranean fruit fly: Assessing the utility of aromatherapy in large field enclosures

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-208

  Shelly, Todd E ^a,b   McInnis, Donald O ^c   Rendon, Pedro ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Diptera; Ginger root oil; Integrated pest management; Mating competitiveness; Overflooding ratio; Sterile male technique; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; FLY; FRUIT; HATCHING; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LARVA; MATING SUCCESS; PUPA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

EID: 33745289402     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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