EXTENSION OF THE USE OF AUGMENTORIA FOR SANITATION IN A CROPPING SYSTEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE ALIEN TERPHRITID FRUIT FLIES (DIPTERA: TERPHRITIDAE) IN HAWAII.

Extension of the use of Augmentoria for Sanitation in a cropping system susceptible to the alien terphritid fruit flies (Diptera: terphritidae) in Hawaii.

Tephritid fruit flies are a major problem of fruit and vegetable crops throughout the world.Management programs for the control of these pests use a range of techniques, but sequestering fruit to prevent progeny survival is often overlooked.This study reports efforts to demonstrate to growers of fruiting crops a technique to sequester emerging adul

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