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Analysis of olive fly invasion in California based on microsatellite markers.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2009
Zygouridis N E, Augustinos A A, Zalom F G, Mathiopoulos K D
Abstract excerpt
The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, is the main pest of the olive fruit and its expansion is exclusively restricted to the cultivation zone of the olive tree. Even though olive production has a century-old history in California, the olive fly was first detected in the Los Angeles area in 1998. Within 5 years of the first observation, the insect was reported from all olive cultivation areas of the state....
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