Navarro Llopis, Vicente; Sanchis Cabanes, Juan; Primo Millo, Jaime; Primo Yufera, Eduardo(Cambridge University Press, 2007)
[EN] Lufenuron is a chitin synthesis inhibitor, which is able to impede Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reproduction. In laboratory trials, following ingestion of lufenuron, the eggs laid by female ...
Resistance to malathion has been reported in field populations of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in areas of Spain where an intensive use of this insecticide was maintained ...
Bait stations are widely used to control Ceratitis capitata, even though the effect of intrusion from untreated areas decreases the efficacy of the technique. In this work, the edge effect of outer fruit fly populations ...
Santaballa Lopez, Ernesto; Laborda Cenjor, Rafael; Cerdá, M.(Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion. Spain, 2009)
[EN] As a consequence of the presence in Spain of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis
capitata (Wied), the export of citrus to countries which are exempt of this pest is restricted
by plant quarantine regulations. A ...
Alfaro Cañamás, Cristina; Vacas González, Sandra; Zarzo Castelló, Manuel; Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; Primo Millo, Jaime(American Chemical Society, 2010-12-13)
[EN] Considerable efforts have been devoted to understanding the courtship behavior and pheromone communication of medflies; however, the sex pheromone composition is still a controversial subject. The discovery of new ...
Castillo López, Mª Ángeles; Moya Sanz, Mª del Pilar; Hernández Giménez, Enrique; Primo Yufera, Eduardo(Elsevier, 2000)
[EN] The effectiveness of seven strains of entomopathogenic
fungi against Ceratitis capitata adults was evaluated
in the laboratory. Adults were susceptible to five
of seven aqueous suspensions of conidia. Metarhizium ...
Navarro Campos, Cristina; Martínez Ferrer, María Teresa; Campos, J.M.; Fibla, J. M.; Alcaide, J.; Bargues Desolmes, Laura; Marzal Moreno, Carmen; García Mari, Ferran(Entomological Society of America, 2011-08)
The adult body size of the Mediterranean fruit ßy, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
(Diptera: Tephritidae), varies in natural conditions. Body size is an important Þtness indicator in the
Mediterranean fruit ßy;largerindividuals ...