Year-round production of pest Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) in fruit of the invasive species Solanum mauritianum in Kenya

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 530-535

  Copeland, Robert S ^a,b   Wharton, Robert A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ceratitis anonae; Ceratitis fasciventris; Ceratitis rosa; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; FLY; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PEST SPECIES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAKAMEGA FOREST; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN PROVINCE [KENYA];

CERATITIS; CERATITIS ANONAE; CERATITIS FASCIVENTRIS; CERATITIS ROSA; DIPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MAURITIANUM; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 33751003552     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[530:YPOPCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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