Influence of Prior Egg-laying Experience on Choice of Host Fruits for Oviposition by the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)

dc.contributor.author	McDonald, P.T.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-09T01:22:10Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-09T01:22:10Z
dc.date.issued	1986-12
dc.description.abstract	Laboratory populations of Ceratitis capitata were preexposed to either mock orange or sweet orange for oviposition. Compared with an unexposed population, both these populations showed a preference for their preexposure type host when offered a choice for 24 hours. By 48 hours all three populations oviposited exclusively on the sweet oranges. Subsequent removal of the preferred hosts resulted in the use of the alternative underexploited hosts.
dc.format.extent	4 pages
dc.identifier.citation	McDonald PT. 1986. Influence of prior egg-laying experience on choice of host fruits for oviposition by the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Proc Hawaiian Entomol Soc 27:121-124.
dc.identifier.issn	0073-134X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11213
dc.publisher	Hawaiian Entomological Society
dc.title	Influence of Prior Egg-laying Experience on Choice of Host Fruits for Oviposition by the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
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