Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi, vol.35, no.3, pp.485-494, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
With this study, ready-bait formulation studies against Mediterranean fruit fly is a quarantine pest, were carried out in Ankara Central Plant Protection Research Institute in 2008-2009. The activities of achieved bait formulations to the adults of Mediterranean fruit fly have been tested in laboratory conditions by the using of Y olfactometer mechanism. After the study, three of five developed formulations (MK-T; MK-I and MK-DI) have showed the same attractive activities with the Ziray (90.28%) and Success 0.24 CB (90.64%) as a comparison pesticide. The attractive activites of three formulations are 87.70%; 93.14%; 88.70%, respectively. After the completing of the other studies of these three formulations, it was concluded that they could be used against Mediterranean fruit fly [Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann, 1824 (Diptera: Tephritidae)].