Selection for Non-Responsiveness to Methyl Eugenolin Male Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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  • Todd E. Shelly

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine whether non-responsiveness of male Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) to methyl eugenol could be increased via selection. Of four select lines established, males of one line showed a persistent reduction in attraction to the lure over 12 generations in the two assays utilized. Implications of this result for male annihilation programs are discussed.

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Published

1997-06-01

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Literature Review Articles