Host plants and host plant preference studies for Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Kenya, a new invasive fruit fly species in Africa

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-340

  Rwomushana, Ivan ^a,b   Ekesi, Sunday ^a   Gordon, Ian ^a   Ogol, Callistus K P O ^b  

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

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bactrocera invadens; Fruit fly; Host plant; Host preference; Infestation index

Indexed keywords

FLY; FRUITING; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANACARDIACEAE; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS; COMBRETACEAE; DIPTERA; MANGIFERA INDICA; MUSA SP.; MUSACEAE; RUTACEAE; SCLEROCARYA BIRREA; TEPHRITIDAE; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 40949110593     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[331:HPAHPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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