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Efficiency of Trimedlure for Medfly Trapping

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Fruit Flies

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The current Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) large scale programs against the medfly generally utilize the Jackson trap baited with trimedlure as an attractant. Although the Jackson trap has been in use for many years, its capturing efficiency is not well known. It is thus necessary to study it more thoroughly. Environmental factors such as temperature, humidity and rainfall have a strong influence over the activity of the medfly (Izquierdo, 1985) due to the negative effect of rain on the capturing capacity of the traps.

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  1. F. Hentze
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  1. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Km. 2.5 Antigua Carretera a Coatepec, Apartado Postal 63, 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Martin Aluja

  2. Centro de Investigaciones Ecologicas del Sureste, Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km. 2.5, Apartado Postal 36, 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

    Pablo Liedo

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Hentze, F. (1993). Efficiency of Trimedlure for Medfly Trapping. In: Aluja, M., Liedo, P. (eds) Fruit Flies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2278-9_43

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