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1 April 2014 Comparison of Torula Yeast and Various Grape Juice Products as Attractants for Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Robert L. Mangan, Donald B. Thomas
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Early research investigating attractants for the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens Loew, during the 1930s indicated that fermentation products were effective attractants for Mexican fruit flies and other tropical Tephritidae, but that attraction to fruit components was only of academic interest. Tests reported here were carried out on populations of Mexican fruit flies from 2004 to 2011. Trapping experiments carried out at sites in the states Nuevo Leon and San Luis Potosi compared grape juice, reconstituted grape concentrate and powdered grape mixes, and torula yeast extract in orchards at each site. The Nuevo Leon orchard was mixed with alternate rows of pears and surrounded by alternate hosts. The San Luis Potosi site was surrounded by other orange orchards or nonhosts. Each test was run for at least 10 mo and included highest and lowest trapping periods. Results showed that grape juice captured the most total flies and had the fewest samples with zero flies. However, in the series of experiments, each product had the most captures in at least one experiment. Hydrolyzed torula was superior in one of the six experiments. In five of the tests, polyethylene glycol was tested as an additive to the grape products but never improved capture rate compared with the product without the additive. These results indicate that grape juice is superior to grape concentrate or powder and grape juice is at least equal to torula yeast hydrolysate for trapping pest populations of Mexican fruit flies in commercial citrus orchards.

Robert L. Mangan and Donald B. Thomas "Comparison of Torula Yeast and Various Grape Juice Products as Attractants for Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)," Journal of Economic Entomology 107(2), 591-600, (1 April 2014). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC12376
Received: 10 September 2012; Accepted: 1 October 2013; Published: 1 April 2014
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KEYWORDS
bait
Mexican fruit fly
Nuevo Leon
San Luis Potosi
Valencia orange
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