Response of female melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae, to host-associated visual and olfactory stimuli

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-269

  Piñero, Jaime C ^a,c   Jácome, Isabel ^a   Vargas, Roger ^b   Prokopy, Ronald J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Behavior; Color; Diptera; Female monitoring; Host volatiles; Tephritidae; Traps

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST SPECIFICITY; MONITORING; OLFACTORY CUE; SEXUAL MATURITY; VISUAL CUE;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; COCCINIA GRANDIS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; DIPTERA; HEDERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEDULLOSA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 33750934530     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-8703.2006.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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