A new study, contradicting state agriculture officials who say the pests are eradicated, concludes that several species of fruit flies are here to stay.
Feared and despised by California's $43.5-billion agricultural industry, the Mediterranean fruit fly is seen as a potentially devastating foreign invader who routinely hitchhikes across the border in smuggled fruit.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/XK8-d9oRSoA/la-sci-medfly-california-20130807,0,7437827.story
Feared and despised by California's $43.5-billion agricultural industry, the Mediterranean fruit fly is seen as a potentially devastating foreign invader who routinely hitchhikes across the border in smuggled fruit.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/XK8-d9oRSoA/la-sci-medfly-california-20130807,0,7437827.story
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