Saleem Jaffar

Resource Competition Between Melon Fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae and Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis

The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae, and the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, are economically important tephritid pests whose sympatric distribution and overlapping host ranges precipitate intense interspecific competitive interactions. To explore the interspecific comp...