How effective is GF-120 fruit fly bait spray applied to border area sorghum plants for control of melon flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)?

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 354-360

  Prokopy, Ronald J ^a   Miller, Neil W ^b   Piñero, Jaime C ^a   Oride, Leslie ^b   Chaney, Nancy ^b   Revis, Hannah ^b   Vargas, Roger I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Bait spray; Cucumbers; GF 120 Fruit Fly bait; Sorghum; Spinosad

Indexed keywords

BAIT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLY; PEST CONTROL; SORGHUM;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SORGHUM; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 4844220014     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0354:HEIGFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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