March 2010
Posters | Cera-Trap®
The fruit fly Ceratitis capitata is one of the most damaging and difficult pest to control for citrus fruit production and other fruit crops since it is, among other factors, highly polyphagous and widely spread.The traditional control method of this pest, based mainly on insecticide treatments close to harvest time, is currently not well thought of because of its toxicological and environmental concerns.CeraTrap is an attractant formulation of natural origin, free of pesticides and based on...
October 2008
Scientific Communications | Cera-Trap®
Cera Trap® is a product developed by Bioibérica SA in the form of a soluble concentrate (SL) based on hydrolyzed proteins; it is intended for use in agriculture as a food attractant to trap fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata). It comes in two presentations: a) a liquid attractant in bottles, for use with fly traps such as Tephri-Trap (CT) with funnels; b) a ready-to-use system in bottles, which includes the liquid attractant and the trap in a single product (CTB), with an attractant effect th...
June 2008
Scientific Communications | Cera-Trap®
Cera Trap is a new system for mass trapping of the Mediterranean fruit fly; it does not use insecticide in its formulation or in its application in the field. It has a considerable attraction effect on adult flies and a minimal effect on other fauna. Cera Trap uses a protein hydrolysate to capture Ceratitis capitata. The Cera Trap system captures females in a higher proportion than males.
April 2008
Posters | Cera-Trap®
Cera Trap system has been proven to be an effective system against the fruit fly with a good persistence during the whole campaign without manipulation. It successfully controls the pest population due to its capture capacity, decreases medfly fruit damage and therefore gives a good opportunity to the IPM strategies as well as organic citrus and fruit harvest