Releasing sterile male fruit flies in fields cuts crop damage by 90%

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Releasing sterile male fruit flies in fields cuts crop damage by 90%
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Sterile male flies released in fields mate with females that then lay far fewer eggs, drastically reducing the damage the larvae of spotted wing drosophila do to fruit crops

Releasing sterilised males of an invasive fruit fly could make a big impact in curbing its population, which poses a severe threat to global fruit industries.

In the first trial of its kind, researchers released male spotted wing drosophila sterilised with X-rays into tunnel-shaped greenhouses on three commercial strawberry fields in Kent, UK. On two of the sites, controlD. suzukii

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