Building a better fruit fly trap
The Mediterranean fruit fly is a worthy enemy. This pest, also known as the medfly, is widespread over the tropics, attacking and spoiling oranges, mangoes and many other fruits. Each female can lay 200 eggs in her brief lifetime—allowing rapid population growth. The medfly damages so much high value fruit, that many people would like to eradicate it entirely.
Title of publication: Access Agriculture Blog
Author: Author: Jeff Bentley
Other authors: Access Agriculture
Organization: Access Agriculture
Year: 2021
Country/ies: Bolivia (Plurinational State of), United States of America
Type: Blog article
Full text available at: https://www.accessagriculture.org/building-better-fruit-fly-trap
Content language: English