California’s Central Valley and Central Coast produce 99% of the olives grown in the United States. The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae, first discovered in California in the Los Angeles area in ...

The olive fly is one of the main pests threatening the quality and viability of olive oil in the region. Due to the damage it does, decreasing the weight and quantity of the fruit, and the increasing ...

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 ...

Smaller and better-distributed yellow adhesive traps allow for better control of the olive fly population, according to a field study carried out by the University of Córdoba. The work is published in ...