Bacterially enriched diet improves sexual performance of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 564-573

  Gavriel, S ^a,b   Jurkevitch, E ^a   Gazit, Y ^b   Yuval, B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Plant Production and Marketing Board   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Klebsiella oxytoca; Mating competitiveness; Probiotics; Remating; Sterile Insect Technique (SIT); Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; CROP PEST; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INHIBITION; INOCULATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PROBIOTICS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; STARVATION; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 79960128745     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2010.01605.x     Document Type: Article

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