Can the Okinawa mass-reared strain of the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) mate with the Taiwan wild strain?

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 279-282

  Matsuyama, Takashi ^a   Kuba, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass rearing; Mating compatibility; Melon fly; Quality control; SIT

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CUCUMIS; DIPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 4143100298     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.279     Document Type: Article

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