date:Jun 16, 2017
new hosts. Allowing population size to reach levels similar to those in East and West Africa may lead to the exploitation of a wider array of commercially grown fruit and other hosts. An increase in population levels could also allow B. dorsalis to outcompete Ceratitis species [other fruit fly species], which has been found to occur in Kenya.
Dr Grov concludes that natural enemies for the Oriental fruit fly should be sought out and imported.