DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED TRAPPING SYSTEMS FOR INVASIVE FRUIT FLIES THAT THREATEN U.S. AGRICULTURE

1. To develop improved fruit fly trapping and control systems and integrated pest management programs for control of exotic fruit flies that threaten U.S. agriculture. 2. The effective sampling area for traps baited with the food-based synthetic attractant developed by ARS, critical information that is needed by State and Federal action agencies in the U.S. for use in detection and delimitation of fruit flies.