Cue Lure Pheromone Concentrate

Description

• The Cuelure is a synthetic product related with the sexual pheromone produced by dipeptra of the Bactrocera genus , highly effective for the management of various fruit flies. It can be used for monitoring populations programs ( monitoring ) as well as management ( mass capture ).

• Cuelure is chemically related to the sex pheromone produced by female melon flies to attract males for mating. Pheromones are volatile chemicals produced by a given species to change the behavior of other individuals of the same species. Cuelure will be initially used to attract male melon flies to prevent them from mating and producing the next fly generation. The name cuelure is derived from the Latin name of the target melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquilette). Cuelure is a colorless to pale yellow liquid . It volatilizes slowly. Tests show that cuelure attracts male melon flies more effectively than the unmodified sex pheromone.

Fruit Flies Attracted To Cuelure Block

• Bactrocera cucurbitae
• Bactrocera newmanii
• Bactrocera tryoni
• Bactrocera neohumeralis
• Bactrocera frauenfeldi
• Bactrocera nigrotibialis

Usage Sites: Cuelure is expected to be used initially in producing end products that attract and inactivate melon flies on such crops as Cucumber, Gherkin, Melons, Pumpkin, Bitter gourd, Coccinia (Little gourd), Snake gourd, Ridge gourd, Bottle gourd & other Cucurbitaceous crops and some fruits (Mango, Guava, Sapota, Citrus etc).