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FAO/IAEA Announces Breakthrough Research in Fruit Fly Genetic Mapping
Four Destructive Fruit Fly Species Found to Be One and the Same
By Jorge Hendrichs, , Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Research have demonstrated that the Oriental fruit fly, the Philippine fruit fly, the Invasive fruit fly, the Asian Papaya fruit fly are all the same biological species and have now been combined under the single name: Bactrocera dorsalis or the Oriental fruit fly. (Photo Credit: Joint FAO/IAEA Programme)