Early results suggest sterile flies may protect S. California from medfly
Sterile medflies are being released at a weekly rate of 125,000 to 200,000 flies per week per square mile over a 2,155-square-mile area of urban Southern California to help prevent the development of new medfly infestations. This areawide approach reduced the annual number...
Main Authors: | Robert V. Dowell, Isi A. Siddiqui, Fred Meyer, E. Leon Spaugy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1999-03-01
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Series: | California Agriculture |
Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v053n02p28 |
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