The effects of sterile males and two braconid parasitoids, Fopius arisanus (Sonan) and Diachasmimorpha krausii (Fullaway) (Hymenoptera), on caged populations of Mediterranean fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) at various sites in Guatemala

Area-wide control of the Mediterranean fruit fly (=medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), typically involves sterile insect technique (=SIT), and at present the “Temperature Sensitive Lethal” (=TSL) strain is commonly mass-reared for such releases. In theory, and with some experimental support, th...

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