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SUBMITTER: Dhami MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4057120 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhami Manpreet K MK Kumarasinghe Lalith L
PloS one 20140613 6
Spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) is an emerging pest that began spreading in 2008 and its distribution now includes 13 countries across two continents. Countries where it is established have reported significant economic losses of fresh produce, such as cherries due to this species of fly. At larval stages, it is impossible to identify due to its striking similarities with other cosmopolitan and harmless drosophilids. Molecular methods allow identification but the current technique o ...[more]