Attractants for Atherigona spp. including sorghum shoot fly (Atherigona soccata Rond., Muscidae: Diptera).

Reddy, K V S and Skinner, J D and Davies, J C (1981) Attractants for Atherigona spp. including sorghum shoot fly (Atherigona soccata Rond., Muscidae: Diptera). Insect Science and its Application, 2 (1-2). pp. 83-86. ISSN 0191-9040

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Abstract

The use of tish meal and determent water has been shown lo hi- simple, economic and reliable for sampling of shootfly population* Various mixtures of tish meal with other ingredients were evaluated The most potent mixture was tish meal yeast ammonium sulphide, but generally tish meal alone was adequate and the most readily available at tract ant, The altractancc of tish meal was found lo be related to its degradation, it increased from the first to the thud or fourth day. and (hen decreased The chemicals responsible for the altractancc of tish meal ha\e yet lo be identified, bin in all probahilih they may be the amines resulting from biodcgradation of the meal.

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Subjects:	Mandate crops > Sorghum
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Date Deposited:	17 Dec 2011 13:29
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