The sterile fruit flies will be released weekly to combat Mediterranean fruit fly infestations. The flies threaten over 250 ...

Now, a team of University of Utah Health researchers led by first author Holly Thorpe and senior author Clement Chow, Ph.D., has used a combination of pedigree analysis and fruit fly genetics to ...

As the world marks the International Day of Plant Health, African countries have come together to discuss environmentally friendly ways to protect fruit and vegetable harvests from insect pests.

That's the waking nightmare one species of Australian fruit fly must contend with each night as hungry mites stalk and attach themselves like a tick while the fly is sleeping in the fruit orchards ...