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Caribbean fruit fly,Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), attraction to host fruit and host kairomones

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Extracts of 22 fruits were tested for their attractancy toAnastrepha suspensa (Loew), the Caribbean fruit fly. Box-orange, calamondin, carambola, cattley guava, loquat, and Surinam-cherry were about equal in attractiveness to males and females. Nine synthetic chemicals, including four found in box-orange ripe seed, were attractive to females. Five synthetic chemicals, including two in box-orange ripe seed, were attractive to males. Farnesol,α-phellandrene, and 3-carene were highest in attractiveness to both males and females. Females were more attracted than males to 12 synthetic chemicals. These data suggest that host chemicals serve as attractants and that female and male specific attractants and traps could be developed from host kairomone data. These data also suggest that the volatilization of chemicals from water may play an important role in kairomone biology.

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Nigg, H.N., Mallory, L.L., Simpson, S.E. et al. Caribbean fruit fly,Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), attraction to host fruit and host kairomones. J Chem Ecol 20, 727–743 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02059609

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