Global trade in fresh fruit and vegetables, intensification of human mobility, and climate
change facilitate fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) invasions. Life-history traits, environmental …

Eradication is the deliberate elimination of a species from an area. Given that international
quarantine measures can never be 100% effective, surveillance for newly arrived …

Mass trap** with pheromones is an effective method for controlling insect pests. However,
it is unknown whether this is effective for smallholders with typically fragmented holdings, as …

Male Annihilation Technique (MAT) is a key tool to suppress or eradicate pestiferous
tephritid fruit flies for which there exist powerful male lures. In the case of Bactrocera dorsalis …

Infestations of ambrosia beetles in the tribe Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) are
associated with economic losses to horticultural trees due to branch die‐back and tree …

Codling moth Cydia pomonella L.(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is a major pest of pome fruits
worldwide. Fruit is damaged by larval feeding, and numbers of larvae are directly related to …

Field studies tested the use of lure-baited traps for female removal (FR) of codling moth,
Cydia pomonella L.(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple, Malus domestica Borkhausen …

Knowledge about the behaviour of passive dispensers used to release semiochemicals for
insect pest management is essential to ensure the efficacy of monitoring and control …

The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff), is an ambrosia
beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) infesting avocado branches Persea americana Mill. in …

Surveillance for detection of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is reliant
on sticky panels with aggregation pheromone, which are low cost, but very inefficient (est …