Breakfast of champions or kiss of death? Survival and sexual performance of protein-fed, sterile Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-122

  Yuval, Boaz ^a   Maor, Meyrav ^a   Levy, Karmit ^a   Kaspi, Roy ^b   Taylor, Phillip ^c   Shelly, Todd ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Longevity; Nutrition; Sexual behavior; Starvation; Sterile Insect Technique; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

DIET; FLY; LONGEVITY; NUTRITION; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; SURVIVAL;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34147169566     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[115:BOCOKO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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