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Pheromonal communication in the western cherry fruit fly, with particular reference to oviposition

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Mumtaz, Mohammad Moizuddin

Abstract:

Studies conducted with the adult western cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis indifferens Curran, revealed that successful oviposition occurred in three distinct phases, the prepenetration phase, the penetration phase and the postpenetration phase. During the postpenetration phase which averaged 51 seconds (range 18 to 86), the females dragged their ovipositor over the...

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Masters Thesis

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