Inhibition of oviposition by neem extract: A behavioral perspective for the control of the mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-337

  Silva, Márcio Alves ^a   Bezerra Silva, Gerane Celly Dias ^a   Vendramim, Jos Djair ^a   Mastrangelo, Thiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

azadirachtin; fruit fly; insect learning; limonoids; neem; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLY; FRUIT; INHIBITION; LEARNING; METHANOL; NEEM; OVIPOSITION; TOOL USE; VINEYARD;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE; VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84863681859     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.095.0214     Document Type: Article

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