Our efforts are directed against species of African origin because these include several notorious pests (such as medfly, Ceratitis capitata), as well as some of the most poorly known ones (species of Dacus feeding on cucurbits).
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Medfly
Synonyms for "medfly" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
mediterranean fruit fly
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
ceratitis capitatalab medfly population
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
sit straintephritid fruit fly
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4 entriescrop pestfruit pestmass reared linesterile strain
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6 entriesCeratitis capitataMediterranean fruit flymass rearing facilitymedfly populationpest managementsterile insect technique
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