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The use of fish meal and detergent water has been shown to be simple, economic and reliable for sampling of shootfly populations. Various mixtures of fish meal with other ingredients were evaluated. The most potent mixture was fish meal-yeast-ammonium sulphide, but generally fish meal alone was adequate and the most readily available attractant. The attractance of fish meal was found to be related to its degradation; it increased from the first to the third or fourth day, and then decreased. The chemicals responsible for the attractance of fish meal have yet to be identified, but in all probability they may be the amines resulting from biodegradation of the meal.
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Seshu Reddy, K.V., Skinner, J.D. & Davies, J.C. Attractants for Atherigona spp. Including the Sorghum Shootfly, Atherigona Soccata Rond. (Muscidae:Diptera). Int J Trop Insect Sci 2, 83–86 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400002216
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