Mexican Fruit Fly Cooperative Eradication Program: San Bernardino/Riverside211 Counties, California, Environmental Assessment, August 1999

摘要

The Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew), is native to central Mexico and211u001eis a major pest of agriculture throughout many parts of the world. Commercial and 211u001ehome-grown produce that is attacked by the pest is unfit to eat because the 211u001elarvae tunnel through the fleshy part of the fruit, damaging the fruit and 211u001esubjecting it to decay from bacteria and fungi. Because of its wide host range 211u001e(over 40 species of fruits) and its potential for damage, a permanent infestation 211u001eof Mexican fruit fly would be disastrous to agricultural production in the United 211u001eStates. In the past, eradication programs have been implemented successfully to 211u001eprevent the pest from becoming permanently established on the U.S. mainland.