Regional suppression of bactrocera fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the pacific through biological control and prospects for future introductions into other areas of the world

Insects

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 727-742

  Vargas, Roger I ^a   Leblanc, Luc ^b   Harris, Ernest J ^a   Manoukis, Nicholas C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera; Braconidae; Hawaii; Parasitoids; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

ANASTREPHA; BACTROCERA CARAMBOLAE; BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BRACONIDAE; CERATITIS; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIPTERA; FOPIUS ARISANUS; FOPIUS VANDENBOSCHI; PSYTTALIA FLETCHERI; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84878758735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20754450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/insects3030727     Document Type: Review

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