Chinese scientists discover how passion fruit can kill fruit fly eggs
Sources say Chinese scientists have recently discovered that passion fruit can directly kill the eggs of fruit flies. This might point to a new method to control the pest. The scientists observed that passion fruit attracted native fruit flies to lay eggs in the fruits, but most of the eggs did not hatch.
According to Wu Weijian at South China Agricultural University, the lead
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