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Public Radio Interviews Handley on Invasive Fruit Fly

Posted By extension On October 9, 2012 @ 3:40 pm In News | Comments Disabled

Comments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension vegetable and small fruit specialist David Handley were included in a Maine Public Broadcasting Network report ^[1] on the Asian spotted-winged fruit fly, which has begun appearing in Maine and presents a new threat to soft fruit growers. The fly can bore into unripe soft fruit such as blueberries and raspberries to lay eggs and spoil fruit well before it is ripe.

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[1] Maine Public Broadcasting Network report: http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/24091/Default.aspx

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