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Dispersal of Ceratitis capitata Wied. on Procida Island 1)
Author(s) -
Murtas I.D. de,
Cirio U.,
Enkerlin D.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1972.tb02134.x
Subject(s) - ceratitis capitata , biological dispersal , biology , distribution (mathematics) , botany , demography , mathematics , tephritidae , pest analysis , mathematical analysis , population , sociology
A preliminary experiment, to relate the flight capability of Ceratitis to irradiation doses and to feeding, has shown that 9 Krads is a suitable dose for control programs and that feeding the newly emerged flies seems to affect their distribution over greater distances.