Whole body extract of Mediterranean fruit fly males elicits high attraction in virgin females

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-29

  Mavraganis, Vassilis G ^a   Liaropoulos, Constandinos ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikos T ^b   Kouloussis, Nikos A ^c   Broumas, Theodoros ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Ceratitis capitata; Diptera; Laboratory rearing; Male extract; Reproductive behaviour; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; ORCHARD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WILD POPULATION;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; CITRUS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 40749085631     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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