A basis for the renewal of sterile insect technique for the olive fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Estes, A M ^a   Nestel, D ^b   Belcari, A ^c   Jessup, A ^d   Rempoulakis, P ^e   Economopoulos, A P ^e  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult diet; Endosymbiotic bacteria; Larval diet; Mass rearing; Sterilization; Symbiont; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; CROP DAMAGE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OVIPOSITION; PATHOGEN; PUPA; REARING; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; SUBSTRATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTROCERA OLEAE; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84855523862     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2011.01620.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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