ABSTRACT
Avocado fruits are listed as hosts of the Carribean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa. The Miami National Clonal Germplasm Repository was the source of the cultivars bioassayed for resistance. The Repository contains 170 clones from all over the world and is the most extensive avocado collection in the United States. Samples of all cultivars were held at 25 ± 2°C for a week after the bioassays to determine if they would ripen properly. Proper ripening was determined by texture, flavor, and edibility. Five replicates were bioassayed for each treatment. Five control replicates each of agar and corncob eggs on agar and corncob diet, respectively, were run simultaneously with the treatments done on the same dates. Because their development was observed to proceed more slowly than the controls, prepupae and pupae from treatments were removed from the test containers and placed in vermiculite in the chamber after 13 days until emergence of the adults.
