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Ken Pringle Monitoring Pests In The Orchards

Dr Ken Pringle – IPM Legend Passes Away

It is with great sadness that Hortgro learned of the passing of Dr Ken L. Pringle, distinguished entomologist and senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University. Born in 1946, Ken dedicated his career to studying insect pests affecting South Africa’s deciduous fruit…

Monitoring Bactrocera Dorsalis

Monitoring Bactrocera Dorsalis

Status of Bactrocera dorsalis: Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental Fruit Fly) is a quarantine pest of Asian origin capable of infesting various commercial fruit crops (400 recorded hosts). It was previously described as the Invader fruit fly (Bactrocera invadens). It is now found in 65 countries…

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