Potential for Areawide Integrated Management of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with a Braconid Parasitoid and a Novel Bait Spray

I. Vargas, Roger; Peck, Steve; T. McQuate, Grant; G. Jackson, C.; D. Stark, John; W. Armstrong, J.

doi:10.1603/0022-0493-94.4.817

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Potential for Areawide Integrated Management of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) with a Braconid Parasitoid and a Novel Bait Spray

Published in Journal of Economic Entomology • Aug 1, 2001

Authors:

Roger I. Vargas

Steve Peck

Grant T. McQuate

Abstract

The braconid wasp, Fopius arisanus (Sonan), a biological control agent for Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), was studied in coffee, Coffea arabica L. Fopius arisanus, comprised 79.3% of the total parasitoids (7,014) recovered from fruits collected at three small coffee farms. ...

Subject

Ceratitis capitata

Capitata

Biology

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