Male courtship behavior in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) that have received aromatherapy with ginger root oil

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-179

  Briceño, Daniel ^a   Eberhard, William ^a,b   Shelly, Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatherapy; Ceratitis capitata; Close range pheromones; Mating behavior; Mediterranean fruit fly; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 34147105050     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[175:MCBICC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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