What is it about?
This is the second article rebutting the argument for fruit flies being established in California.
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Why is it important?
Fruit flies are of high economic importance to many countries with horticultural crops.
Perspectives
This paper has had to repeat itself because the other team avoided the issue in their reply.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
Kudos to my fellow co-authors with decades of experience combatting destructive tephritid insect pests, who set forth arguments based on sound science refuting assertions that invasive fruit flies are now established in California. To believe otherwise is to ignore evidence of an extremely high approach rate, the high intrinsic rate of increase by these pests under favorable conditions, and the effectiveness of the tools and technologies that have been developed, tested, and employed to detect, delimit, contain, and eradicate such pests! California and other states continue to produce high quality fruits and vegetables for both local and export markets that meet the pest-free certification requirements of importing countries/states.
Patrick Gomes
United States Department of Agriculture
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This page is a summary of: To Repeat: Can Polyphagous Invasive Tephritid Pest Populations Remain Undetected For Years Under Favorable Climatic and Host Conditions?, American Entomologist, January 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/ae/tmx075.
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