| Literature DB >> 24415123 |
R J Prokopy1, A Malavasi, J S Morgante.
Abstract
Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) females were found to deposit a water-soluble, durable, oviposition-deterring pheromone during ovipositor dragging on fruit after egg-laying. We present evidence that the occurrence of pheromone deposition after egg-laying, the amount deposited, and departure from the fruit without additional egg-laying after pheromone deposition are flexible traits inA. fraterculus, varying in expression according to fruit size and other factors. UnlikeRhagoletis, A. fraterculus males were not arrested by the pheromone.Entities:
Year: 1982 PMID: 24415123 DOI: 10.1007/BF00988317
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Ecol ISSN: 0098-0331 Impact factor: 2.626