Effects of the juvenile hormone analogue methoprene and dietary protein on male melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) mating success

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1503-1509

  Haq, Ihsan ul ^a,b   Cáceres, Carlos ^a   Hendrichs, Jorge ^a   Teal, Peter ^c   Wornoayporn, Viwat ^a   Stauffer, Christian ^d   Robinson, Alan S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bactrocera cucurbitae; Dietary protein; Mate choice; Mating competitiveness; Methoprene; SIT

Indexed keywords

METHOPRENE;

DIET; FLY; HORMONE; JUVENILE; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEPHRITIDAE;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; METHOPRENE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEPHRITIDAE;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CUCUMIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 77954645614     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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