Adding guarana powder to medfly diets: an alternative for improving the Sterile Insect Technique
ABSTRACT Ceratitis capitata (medfly) is a globally important horticultural pest that can be controlled using the sterile insect technique (SIT), but the success of SIT depends on the sexual performance of mass-reared males when released into the field. We added “guarana” (Paullinia cupana) powder (d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Scientia Agricola |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162016000300294&lng=en&tlng=en |