Routine isotope marking for the mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 941-947

  Hood Nowotny, Rebecca ^a   Mayr, Leo ^a   Islam, Amirul ^a   Robinson, Alan ^a   Caceres, Carlos ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; Mass rearing; Mediterranean fruit flies; Stable isotopes; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; GUATEMALA; INFERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; METHODOLOGY; PORTUGAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIET; GUATEMALA; HAWAII; INFERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; PORTUGAL;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 68149138561     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0312     Document Type: Article

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