Effects of pre-release chilling on the flight ability of sterile males of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-592

  Andress, Earl ^a   Jones, Edward ^a   War, Mamadou ^b   Shelly, Todd ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b CDFA   (United States)

Author keywords

chilling; mass rearing; Sterile Insect Technique; temperature effects

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FLY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; REARING; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867751250     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.095.0308     Document Type: Article

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