The aim of this study was to evaluate the adulticidal effects of green coffee oil (GCO) and roasted coffee oil (RCO) on two species of fruit flies (Tephritidae) include Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) and Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann). Adult flies of both species were exposed...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2021/v32i530393
In the laboratory, a neem oil-based formulation was evaluated for its insecticidal potential against the South American fruit fly Anastrepha fraterculus (Wied.), as efficient alternative for growers harvest fruits more harmless for the human consumption. The commercial product wa...
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Research Article10.9734/ejmp/2020/v31i1030280
Fruit bagging is an important strategy to protect fruit against fruit fly (Tephritidae) infestation and pesticide contamination. In laboratory, we compared the forced infestation of guavas by Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) and Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) when wrapping them...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2020/v42i430502
Toxic bait is an alternative to manage fruit flies (Tephritidae) in orchards and in wide-area programmes. The mortality caused by different dilutions of spinosad baits on adults of Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) and Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Tephritidae) were compared with a hyd...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v32i230098
Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of economic and quarantine significance are responsible for both quantitative and qualitative losses in horticulture. Most producers in Brazil use insecticides as a cover spray for the control of fruit flies. Here new insecticide molecules were...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/43066