Methyl eugenol aromatherapy: a delivery system facilitating the simultaneous application of male annihilation and sterile insect technique against the peach fruit fly.

A practical delivery system for applying ME by aromatherapy to mass-reared males was developed. ME-aromatherapy enhanced male mating success and suppressed their subsequent attraction to ME, thus enabling the application of MAT and SIT at the same time. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.