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A comparative assessment of the response of three fruit fly species (Diptera: Tephritidae) to a spinosad-based bait: effect of ammonium acetate, female age, and protein hunger by Piñero, J C, Mau, R F L, Vargas, R I

“…Ammonia-releasing substances are known to play an important role in fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) attraction to food sources, and this information has been…”
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Systems Approach to Mitigate Oriental Fruit Fly Risk in ‘Sharwil’ Avocados Exported from Hawaii by Follett, P.A, Vargas, R.I

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Development and Assessment of a Liquid Larval Diet for Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Chang, Chiou Ling, Vargas, Roger I, Caceres, Carlos, Jang, Eric, Cho, Il Kyu

“…Larvae of Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae), the oriental fruit fly, were reared in a liquid diet without mill feed (a biological bulking…”
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Effectiveness of GF-120 Fruit Fly Bait Spray Applied to Border Area Plants for Control of Melon Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Prokopy, Ronald J., Miller, Neil W., Piñero, Jaime C., Barry, James D., Tran, Linda C., Oride, Leslie, Vargas, Roger I.

“…In a field study in Hawaii, color-marked protein-deprived and protein-fed female melon flies, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett, were released within canopies…”
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Toxicity and hazard assessment of fipronil to Daphnia pulex by Stark, John D., Vargas, Roger I.

“…Hazard assessments based on two measures of toxicity were conducted for the water flea, Daphnia pulex (Leydig) exposed to the insecticide, fipronil. The…”
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Host Habitat Preference of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies by Eitam, Avi, Vargas, Roger I

“…The braconid parasitoid Fopius arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a candidate for augmentative biological control of tephritid fruit flies. In the…”
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A potential field suppression system for Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel by Chang, Chiou Ling, Cho, Il Kyu, Li, Qing X., Manoukis, Nicholas C., Vargas, Roger I.

“…Development of an effective and safe detection or control system is important for pest management. Attractants for male fruit flies, e.g., methyl eugenol (ME),…”
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Effects of Aging and Dilution on Attraction and Toxicity of GF-120 Fruit Fly Bait Spray for Melon Fly Control in Hawaii by Revis, Hannah C., Miller, Neil W., Vargas, Roger I.

“…Attractiveness and toxicity of GF-120 Fruit Fly Bait (Dow AgroScience Indianapolis, IN) to melon flies, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett, were examined to…”
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Effectiveness of Protein Baits on Melon Fly and Oriental Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae): Attraction and Feeding by Barry, James D., Miller, Neil W., Piñero, Jaime C., Tuttle, Arthur, Mau, Ronald F. L., Vargas, Roger I.

“…Attraction and feeding responses of oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), and melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), were determined for…”
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Wheat Germ Oil and Its Effects on a Liquid Larval Rearing Diet for Oriental Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Chang, Chiou Ling, Vargas, Roger I.

“…Wheat germ oil was added to a larval liquid diet for rearing Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) to optimize fruit fly quality. Effects of…”
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Releases of Psyttalia fletcheri (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Sterile Flies to Suppress Melon Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii by Vargas, Roger I., Long, Jay, Miller, Neil W., Delate, Kathleen, Jackson, Charles G., Uchida, Grant K., Bautista, Renato C., Harris, Ernie J.

“…Ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt, patches throughout Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island, HI, were identified as persistent sources of melon fly, Bactrocera…”
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Feeding and Foraging of Wild and Sterile Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the Presence of Spinosad Bait by Barry, James D., Vargas, Roger I., Miller, Neil W., Morse, Joseph G.

“…The sterile insect technique (SIT) is used to control wild Mediterranean fruit fly introductions in California and Florida in the U.S. In the past, bait sprays…”
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Evaluation of SPLAT with Spinosad and Methyl Eugenol or Cue-Lure for “Attract-and-Kill” of Oriental and Melon Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Hawaii by Vargas, Roger I, Stark, John D, Hertlein, Mark, Mafra Neto, Agenor, Coler, Reginald, Piñero, Jaime C

“…Specialized Pheromone and Lure Application Technology (SPLAT) methyl eugenol (ME) and cue-lure (C-L) “attract-and-kill” sprayable formulations containing…”
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Parasitization of melon fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Fopius arisanus and Psyttalia fletcheri (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the effect of fruit substrates on host preference by parasitoids by Bautista, Renato C, Harris, Ernest J, Vargas, Roger I, Jang, Eric B

“…Fopius arisanus and Psyttalia fletcheri are egg and larval parasitoids, respectively, of tephritid fruit flies including the melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae…”
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State-Dependent Attractiveness of Protein Bait and Host Fruit Odor to Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) Females by Miller, Neil W, Vargas, Roger I, Prokopy, Ronald J, Mackey, Bruce E

“…We evaluated responses of protein-deprived and protein-fed mature (26–30-d-old) female melon flies, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), to odor of host fruit…”
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Movement of Sterile Male Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a Hawaiian Agroecosystem by Peck, Steven L., McQuate, Grant T., Vargas, Roger I., Seager, Dennis C., Revis, Hannah C., Jang, Eric B., McInnis, Don O.

“…The melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett, invaded the Hawaiian Island chain in 1895. In 1999, a program sponsored by the USDA–ARS to control melon fly…”
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Demography of four Hawaiian fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared at five constant temperatures by Vargas, R.I. (Tropical Fruit and Vegetable Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Honolulu, HI.), Walsh, W.A, Kanehisa, D, Jang, E.B, Armstrong, J.W

“…Reproductive and population parameters of melon flies, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett); oriental fruit flies, B. dorsalis (Hendel); Malaysian fruit flies,…”
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Attraction of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) flies to odor of coffee fruit by Prokopy, R.J. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst.), Vargas, R.I

“…On potted nonfruiting host trees in outdoor field cages, we evaluated attraction of released mature laboratory-cultured or wild-origin Mediterranean fruit…”
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Effect of larval host on life history traits of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata by Krainacker, D.A, Carey, J.R, Vargas, R.I

“…Demographic parameters for the Mediterranean fruit fly reared on each of twenty four different hosts from sixteen different plant families are reported. These…”
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Attraction of mature Ceratitis capitata females to 2-heptanone, a component of coffee fruit odor by Prokopy, R.J. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.), Hu, X, Jang, E.B, Vargas, R.I, Warthen, J.D

“…In indoor laboratory-cage and outdoor field-cage assays, we evaluated the attraction of released, protein-fed, mature Mediterranean fruit fly females to six…”
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