Abamectin Bait for Caribbean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)

1 August 1996

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology

Vol. 89 (4) , 987-989
https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/89.4.987

Abstract

Abamectin in sugar-yeast hydrolysate bait was tested on colony-reared adult Caribbean fruit flies, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), in the laboratory in a no-choice design. The EC₉₉S (irreversible knockdown followed rapidly by death) for sexually mature females and males were 12.2 and 19.6 ppm, respectively, at 48 h. Abamectin is a promising alternative to malathion in bait control programs in Florida citrus production.

Keywords

ANASTREPHA SUSPENSA
AVERMECTIN
BAIT
CITRUS
QUARANTINE
TOXICITY

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