Environmental Impact on Predicting Olive Fruit Fly Population Using Trap Measurements

Mating disruption / SIR New trap and lure formulations for Rhagoletis species and olive fruit fly

Response of Olive Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) to an Attract-and-Kill Trap in Greenhouse Cage Tests

A novel attract-and-kill trap for olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), was constructed with yellow corrugated plastic in an inverted cylindrical pan shape formed from a disk and collar. The trap components were tested under three greenhouse temperatures and humidities of warm, hot, and very hot for attractiveness to caged young or older adults. A greater proportion ...

Adaptation Process of Wild Population of Olive Fruit Fly ( Bactrocera Oleae ( Rossi ) ( Diptera : Tepritidae ) ) into the Laboratory

Wild population of the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae (Rossi.)) was adapted to the laboratory conditions feeding on both olive fruits and an artificial diet. Infested fruits were brought to the laboratory and emerged adults used as the initial generation of the laboratory colony. After eggs were laid into the fruits, they were dissected and first instars were transferred to an artificial die...

Performance of Psyttalia humilis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from irradiated host on olive fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in California.

The parasitoid Psyttalia humilis (Silvestri) was reared on Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), third instars irradiated at 0-70 Gy at the USDA, APHIS, PPQ, Moscamed biological control laboratory in San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala, and shipped to the USDA, ARS, Parlier, CA. Irradiation dose did not affect the parasitoid's offspring sex ratio (53-62% females), percentage of une...

Infestations of Olive Fruit Fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Different Olive Cultivars in Çanakkale, Turkey

The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), is an economically important and endemic pest in olive (Oleae europae) orchards in Turkey. The aim of this study was to determine olive fruit fly infestation in different olive cultivars in the laboratory. Olive fly infested fruits were collected in Çanakkale province to establish wild fly population. After having reproductive olive fly colonies, 1...