Goodbye Fruit Flies? Here’s a New 5-Year Strategy To Fight The Pests By USDA-APHIS|April 18, 2024 USDA-APHIS aims to protect hundreds of crops from invasive fruit flies with new comprehensive detection and exclusion plan.Read More
Share Your Knowledge at the First CEAg World Conference and Expo Posted by Growing Produce Staff|April 19, 2024
Invasive Fruit Fly Quarantine Areas Expand in Parts of California By USDA|December 8, 2023 USDA-APHIS is applying safeguarding measures and restrictions on the interstate movement of regulated plants and produce.
Relentless Surge of Fruit Flies a Pain for California Growers By UC Agriculture and Natural Resources News|November 27, 2023 Recent finds involving multiple species of the flying pest have sparked seven different quarantines across the state.
Scientists Go for the Gut to Help Defeat Fruit Flies Posted by Paul Rusnak|January 24, 2020 Players behind international research project aim to find novel ways to ground pests like spotted wing drosophila and Mediterranean fruit fly.
Scientists Reveal Fruit Fly’s Genetic Code Posted by Rosemary Gordon|October 4, 2016 Researchers will begin to explore new ways to break the reproductive cycle of this pest.
Medfly Find Prompts Quarantine In Portion Of San Diego County Posted by Christina Herrick|August 28, 2015 A portion of San Diego County has been placed under quarantine for the Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) following […]
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Found In JFK Airport Posted by Christina Herrick|May 5, 2015 The Mediterranean fruit fly, one of the world’s most destructive pests, was recently intercepted by U.S. Customs and […]