FF-IPM South African team (Citrus Research International) collecting baseline information on the phenology of the invasive fruit fly species- Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) in several area of low prevalence in the northern South Africa. Data collected over two years will be used for development of an optimized detection system for this pest. The novel automated early detection system will integrate e-Traps developed and deploy them in novel spatio-temporal arrangements to test hypothetically efficient surveillance strategies.
Watch the video of the excursion in FF-IPM's YoutTube page https://bit.ly/37PpOJF