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Studies on Isolation, Identification and Establishment of Extracellular Symbiotes in the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) Associated with Cucurbits

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Title Studies on Isolation, Identification and Establishment of Extracellular Symbiotes in the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) Associated with Cucurbits
 
Creator Sood, Pankaj
 
Subject 632.7 Insect Pests
 
Description The fruit flies of family Tephritidae are well known pests of vegetables and fruits throughout the world except in Arctic and Antarctic regions (Kapoor et al., 1980). These attack a wide variety of vegetable and fruit hosts, although the indices of infestation vary in different hosts. Perhaps no other pest causes damage as varied and severe as these. In most tropical and subtropical countries, it is unlikely to grow vegetables like cucurbits and fruits like citrus, guava, peach, mango etc. free from infestation by fruit flies (Narayanan and Batra, 1960; Bateman, 1972). Besides reducing the yield, attacked fruits become unsuitable for human consumption as a result of which the commercial value of the crop is drastically curtailed. In most situations fruit growing becomes an unprofitable enterprise due to heavy infestation by fruit flies.
 
Date 1996
 
Type Thesis
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Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://hillagricrepository.co.in/164/1/19631.pdf
Sood, Pankaj (1996) Studies on Isolation, Identification and Establishment of Extracellular Symbiotes in the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) Associated with Cucurbits. PhD thesis thesis, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry.