Suppressing Populations of Drosophila Suzukii, an Invasive Pest of Fruit in California and Elsewhere
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Suppressing Populations of Drosophila Suzukii, an Invasive Pest of Fruit in California and Elsewhere
PI: Bruce A. Hay
Research Team: Georg Oberhofer, PhD
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering
Ecology and Biosphere Engineering Initiative
With the increase in the ease of global travel and trade, some agricultural pests are no longer contained to their native habitats. Drosophila suzukii, a pest native to Southeast Asia, that attacks soft fruit, arrived in North America and Europe in 2008, and can now be found in South America and Africa. The goal of this proposal is to develop a transgene method for suppressing populations of Drosophila suzukii.