Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) on vegetable crops in Reunion Island (Indian Ocean): State of knowledge, control+ methods and prospects for management

Fruits

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-130

  Ryckewaert, Philippe ^a   Deguine, Jean Philippe ^b   Brévault, Thierry ^c   Vayssières, Jean François ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Control methods; Dacus ciliatus; Dacus demmerezi; Neoceratitis cyanescens; Pest control; Reunion; Tephritidae; Vegetable crops

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; DACUS CILIATUS; DACUS DEMMEREZI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NEOCERATITIS CYANESCENS; SOLANACEAE; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77950226450     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits/20010006     Document Type: Review

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