Field captures of wild melon fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with an improved male attractant, raspberry ketone formate

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1124-1128

  Jang, Eric B ^a   Casana Giner, Victor ^b,c   Oliver, James E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c GAT Formulation Chemistry GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attractants; Bactrocera; Melon fly; Raspberry ketone formate; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID 4 (3 OXOBUTYL)PHENYL ESTER; FORMIC ACID 4-(3-OXOBUTYL)PHENYL ESTER; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEPHRITIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FORMIC ACIDS; HAWAII; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; PHEROMONES; TEPHRITIDAE;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CUCUMIS; DIPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RUBUS GLAUCUS; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 34548151794     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[1124:FCOWMF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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