| seasonal distributions of the western cherry fruit fly (diptera: tephritidae) among host and nonhost fruit trees. | seasonal distributions of the western cherry fruit fly, rhagoletis indifferens curran (diptera: tephritidae), in sweet cherry (prunus avium (l.) l.) (major host), black hawthorn (occasional developmental host) (crataegus douglasii lindley), and other trees were determined in a ponderosa pine ecosystem in washington state, usa. the hypothesis that most fly dispersal from cherry trees occurs after fruit senesce or drop was tested, with emphasis on movement to black hawthorn trees. sweet cherry fru ... | 2014 | 25527581 |
| chilling and host plant/site-associated eclosion times of western cherry fruit fly (diptera: tephritidae) and a host-specific parasitoid. | the western cherry fruit fly, rhagoletis indifferens curran (diptera: tephritidae), is an endemic herbivore of bitter cherry, prunus emarginata (douglas ex hooker) eaton, but ∼100 years ago established on earlier-fruiting domesticated sweet cherry, prunus avium (l.) l. here, we determined if eclosion times of adult r. indifferens from sweet and bitter cherry differ according to the phenology of their respective host plants and if eclosion times of the host-specific parasitoid diachasma muliebre ... | 2015 | 26314048 |
| differences in body size and egg loads of rhagoletis indifferens (diptera: tephritidae) from introduced and native cherries. | the western cherry fruit fly, rhagoletis indifferens curran, infests introduced, domesticated sweet [prunus avium (l.) l.], and tart cherries (prunus cerasus l.) as well as native bitter cherry, prunus emarginata (douglas) eaton. bitter cherries are smaller than sweet and tart cherries and this could affect various life history traits of flies. the objectives of the current study were to determine 1) if body size and egg loads of flies infesting sweet, tart, and bitter cherries differ from one a ... | 2011 | 22217749 |
| developing drosophila suzukii management programs for sweet cherry in the western united states. | the spotted wing drosophila, drosophila suzukii matsumura (diptera: drosophilidae), is a newly introduced pest of sweet cherry on the west coast of north america which produces about 97% of the value of the us sweet cherry crop. d. suzukii initially caused considerable economic loss to cherry growers, who were unaware of this new pest. little control information was available at the time of initial infestation. pest control studies were initiated to examine the materials, timings and application ... | 2011 | 21919187 |