Fruit flies controlled in orange crops without pesticide use

Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 09:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Orange crop infestation by the Mexican fruit fly and the cancelation of exportations of frozen pulp motivated Cítricos Ex (Citrex) research to create an effective technique to control the plague without using pesticides, as well as to the development of a mathematical model to predict the moment when the fruit is more susceptible to an attack.

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