Adaptation to and small-scale rearing of invasive fruit fly Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) on artificial diet

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 562-567

  Ekesi, Sunday ^a   Nderitu, Peterson W ^a   Chang, Chiou Ling ^b  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Artificial diet; Bactrocera invadens; Rearing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTIFICIAL DIET; FLY; FRUIT; INVASIVE SPECIES;

DAUCUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MANGIFERA INDICA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34447577853     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[562:ATASRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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