Population dynamics of three Bactrocera spp. fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and two introduced natural enemies, Fopius arisanus (Sonan) and Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), after an invasion by Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in Tahiti

Biological Control

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Vargas, Roger I ^a   Leblanc, Luc ^b   Putoa, Rudolph ^c   Piñero, Jaime C ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^c Dept Protection des Vegetaux   (French Polynesia)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B. kirki; Classical biological control; Competitive displacement; Oriental fruit fly; Queensland fruit fly

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CARAMBOLAE; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BACTROCERA KIRKI; BACTROCERA TRYONI; BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIPTERA; FOPIUS ARISANUS; HYMENOPTERA; INOCARPUS FAGIFER; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; TEPHRITIDAE; TERMINALIA CATAPPA;

EID: 84855830168     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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