date:Jun 16, 2017
ipalities of Mpumalanga because overripe fruit on mango trees in home gardens are providing an ideal habitat for the fruit fly.
Researchers have found that early Tommy Atkins mangoes as well as cashew nuts are particularly enabling the survival of the fruit fly and they warn that it is vital to deter the Oriental fruit fly from spreading to new hosts, which could include other commercial fruit crops.
There are many subsistence and small-scale farmers in the Bushbuckridge area and also commer