Establishment of non‘methyl eugenol‘responding lines from feral Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera Tephritidae)

• Main Authors: A. R. A. Mandanayake, Mandanayake, Shohaimi, Shamarina, A. Ghani, Nurul I., Hee, Alvin K. W.
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107748/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12600-023-01069-8
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera Tephritidae), is one of the worlds most destructive and invasive pest of fruits. The control of this insect has relied heavily on the male annihilation technique (MAT).The sterile insect technique (SIT) involves releases of mass-reared st...