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- The pepper fruit fly (Schiner 1968) is a tropical pest recently found in various European countries, known to infest decomposing fruits, vegetables, and organic matter.
- This communication marks the first documentation of pepper fruit fly damage to pepper fruits in Greece, specifically in commercial greenhouses in Crete in 2022.
- The report also discusses potential implications and concerns about the pest's presence in Crete and its impact on agriculture.
Article Abstract
The pepper fruit fly (Schiner 1968) (Diptera: Muscidae) is a cosmopolitan tropical pest which has been recently recorded in several European countries. The biology of the pest has been primarily associated not only with decomposing fruits and vegetables, but even vertebrate and invertebrate carrion, dung and faeces. Relatively recently, has been reported as a primary pest of pepper fruits as well. In this short communication, we report, for the first time in Greece and, to the best of our knowledge, in Europe, cases of pepper fruit fly damage to pepper fruits in commercial greenhouse crops (in Crete in 2022). In this direction, possible implications and concerns regarding the occurrence of this pest in Crete are discussed.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10146813 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects14040393 | DOI Listing |
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