RESPONSE OF WILD AND LABORATORY-REARED CERATITIS-CAPITATA WIED (DIPT,TEPHRITIDAE) FLIES FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS TO A STANDARD HOST MARKING PHEROMONE SOLUTION
Ef. Boller et al., RESPONSE OF WILD AND LABORATORY-REARED CERATITIS-CAPITATA WIED (DIPT,TEPHRITIDAE) FLIES FROM DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS TO A STANDARD HOST MARKING PHEROMONE SOLUTION, Journal of applied entomology, 118(1), 1994, pp. 84-91
The response of 12 populations of Ceratitis capitata Wied. to host mar
king pheromone (HMP) eliciting oviposition deterrence was investigated
by a group of scientists under the framework of the Global IOBC Worki
ng Group on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. A new semi-natural bio
assay with fruits as oviposition substrates had been developed and was
applied to local medfly strains in Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Hawaii,
Mexico, Reunion Island and five laboratory strains in Switzerland. Th
e results show that all geographic strains responded in a comparable f
ashion to the standard HMP solution and that laboratory strains with e
xtremely long rearing histories have still retained a reduced capabili
ty to perceive and to react to the deterrent properties of HMP. The po
tential use of HMP in the management of medfly populations is discusse
d.