Publications

host breadth and parasitoids of fruit flies (anastrepha spp.) (diptera: tephritidae) in puerto rico.	twenty fruit species representing 12 families were collected from various regions in western puerto rico and monitored for the emergence of anastrepha spp. pupae. we collected 14,154 tephritid pupae from 16 fruit species representing 10 families. the relative infestations of these fruits (pupae per kilogram of fruit) were recorded. recorded host ranges were not in complete agreement with those reported in the literature. this host-use pattern should give pause to regulators of fruit importation ...	2008	18348802
the coffee berry borer (coleoptera: curculionidae) in puerto rico: distribution, infestation, and population per fruit.	the coffee berry borer (cbb) (hypothenemus hampei: ferrar) was first detected in puerto rico in 2007. its distribution since then has been extensive, but not extensively documented. an island-wide survey was carried out from august to november 2014 (the coffee production season) to assess cbb distribution, infestation, and population per fruit. the cbb was well-established throughout the coffee-growing area of puerto rico, but was not evenly distributed. infestation (or percentages of fruits per ...	2017	28931153