Effect of bacteria on nutritional status and reproductive success of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-154

  Ben Yosef, Michael ^a   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a   Yuval, Boaz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Enterobacteriacae; Insect bacteria interactions; Nutritional ecology; Reproductive success; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; DIET; EGG PRODUCTION; FITNESS; FLY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 43049101476     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2008.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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