Suppression of cuelure attraction in male Queensland fruit flies provided raspberry ketone supplements as immature adults.

Tephritid fruit flies are amongst the most damaging insect pests of horticulture globally. Some of the key fruit fly species are managed using the sterile insect technique (SIT), whereby millions of sterile males are released to suppress reproduction of pest populations. Male annihilation technique...

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Main Authors: Humayra Akter, Saleh Adnan, Renata Morelli, Polychronis Rempoulakis, Phillip W Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5578501?pdf=render