Fruit Fly Resistance

Get the latest Fruit Fly Resistance news, research, updates and developments covering efforts to develop fruit and horticultural crops with improved resistance or tolerance to damaging fruit fly species. This tag brings together research on fruit fly-resistant cultivars, host-plant resistance, crop breeding, genetics, pest-resistant varieties and integrated pest management, with developments relevant to mango, guava, muskmelon, pear and other fruit crops.

Coverage includes research on major pests such as the Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis), melon fruit fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae) and other economically important fruit flies. Agricultural researchers are investigating physical and biochemical fruit traits, plant defense mechanisms, wild relatives, breeding populations and biotechnology to identify resistance sources. ICAR research, for example, has identified mango genotypes and species as potential sources of fruit fly resistance for breeding, while studies in muskmelon have identified varieties with substantially lower fruit infestation and larval populations.

Find Fruit Fly Resistance news and updates on resistant cultivars, breeding programmes, genetic resources, field trials, pest biology and new approaches to reducing fruit fly damage. Recent developments include Embrapa’s BRS Áurea pear cultivar, which showed substantially lower South American fruit fly infestation than the Rocha variety in field and laboratory evaluations.