Effect of adult diet on longevity of sterile Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 650-655

  Barry, James D ^a,b   Opp, Susan B ^c   Ragolovich, Julia D ^c   Morse, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Hydrolyzed yeast; Longevity; Protein; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIET; FLY; HYDROLYSIS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; STERILITY; SURVIVORSHIP; YEAST;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 38149018595     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[650:EOADOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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