A protocol for storage and long-distance shipment of mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) eggs. I. Effect of temperature, embryo age, and storage time on survival and quality

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Cáceres, Carlos ^a   Ramírez, Edwin ^b   Wornoayporn, Viwat ^a   Islam, Sheikh Mohammad ^a   Ahmad, Sohel ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Programa Moscamed Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Egg shipment; Genetic sexing; Mediterranean fruit fly; SIT

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EGG; FLY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; STORAGE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34147097588     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[103:APFSAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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