Sources of Protein as Food Baits for Anastrepha obliqua (Diptera: Tephritidae): Tests in a Wind Tunnel and the Field

The West Indian fruit fly, Anastrepha obliqua Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an economically important fruit pest in the Americas. Food attractants are used as bait in traps for monitoring the population of flies in orchards, but their effectiveness differs with location, fruit fly variety, and...

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Published in:The Florida entomologist 2018-03, Vol.101 (1), p.20-24
Main Authors: Mesquita, Paulo Roberto Ribeiro, Magalhães-Junior, Jairo Torres, Cruz, Maiara Alexandre, Novais, Hugo Oliveira, Santos, Jânio Rodrigo Jesus, Carvalho, Sergio Lemos, Rodrigues, Frederico de Medeiros, Barbosa, Cristiane de Jesus, Bravo, Iara Sordi Joachim, Nascimento, Antonio Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anacardiaceae
Anastrepha
Anastrepha fraterculus
Anastrepha ludens
Anastrepha obliqua
Anastrepha suspensa
Artificial flies
Atrativo alimentar
Attractants
Baits
Bio-assays
Bioassay
Bioassays
Biological assays
Ceratitis capitata
Comparative analysis
compostos orgânicos voláteis
Control
Diet
Diptera
Entomology
extrato de levedura
Food
Food attractant
Foods
Fruit flies
Fruit flies (Tephritidae)
fruit fly
Fruits
hydrolyzed protein
Insect traps
Insecticides
Laboratories
mosca das frutas
Orchards
Protein sources
Proteins
proteína hidrolisada
RESEARCH PAPERS
Saccharides
Sprayers
Sprays
Sugar
Sugars
Tephritidae
Volatile compounds
Volatile organic compounds
Wind tunnel testing
Wind tunnels
Yeast
Yeast extract
Yeasts
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Summary:The West Indian fruit fly, Anastrepha obliqua Macquart (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an economically important fruit pest in the Americas. Food attractants are used as bait in traps for monitoring the population of flies in orchards, but their effectiveness differs with location, fruit fly variety, and the type of trap deployed. In this work, we tested the effectiveness of a hydrolyzed protein, BioAnastrepha®, and a yeast extract, Bionis YE MF®, under field conditions and in a laboratory bioassay and identified the main volatile compounds emitted from such mixtures. Hydrolyzed protein and yeast extract were attractive in a wind tunnel, but in the field, hydrolyzed protein was not attractive and only pure yeast extract and yeast extract with sugar were attractive for A. obliqua. Sugar alone was not attractive to the flies in either experiment. Yeast extract itself is a good attractant for A. obliqua. The addition of sugar, however, will stimulate feeding, which could be useful in insecticide-bait sprays.
ISSN:0015-4040
1938-5102
DOI:10.1653/024.101.0105