Fruit flies of sweet oranges in Nigeria: Species diversity, relative abundance and spread in major producing areas

Fruits

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-153

  Umeh, Vincent C ^a   Garcia, Loyd E ^b   Meyer, Mark De ^c  

^a Natl Hortic Res Inst   (Nigeria)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c R Mus Cent Afr   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bactrocera; Ceratitis; Citrus; Cultivation; Dacus umehi; Fruit damaging insects; Identification; Nigeria; Tephritidae; Traps

Indexed keywords

CERATITIS; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRIRHITHRUM;

EID: 43749116648     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2008004     Document Type: Article

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