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Title: Bait formulations of attractants and phagostimulants for targeted, area-wide fruit fly control

Author
item Mangan, Robert

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/11/2012
Publication Date: 7/24/2012
Citation: Mangan, R.L. 2012. Bait formulations of attractants and phagostimulants for targeted, area-wide fruit fly control. Meeting Abstract. 2012 Annual Meeting of the Florida Entomology Society, July 25 through 28, Jupiter, FL..

Interpretive Summary: Tephritid fruit flies attack hundreds of species of fruits and vegetables and are responsible for trade restrictions wherever they occur. Traps and “bait and kill stations” are important means of monitoring and control and Bob Heath made important contributions to these technologies.

Technical Abstract: Tephritid fruit flies attack hundreds of species of fruits and vegetables and are responsible for trade restrictions wherever they occur. Traps and “bait and kill stations” are important means of monitoring and control and Bob Heath made important contributions to these technologies.