ABSTRACT
Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, infestations have been found in the Los Angeles Basin area of southern California every year since 1987. Host fruit was cut on all adult find sites and adjacent properties. If multiple adults were detected or larvae were found, sampling was expanded to all properties within 200 meters. Backpack mist blowers were used to apply up to three foliar applications of a 20 percent formulation of ULV malathion/Nulure to host plants on all properties within 200 meters of each find. CDFA’s Mediterranean fruit fly Science Advisory Panel and a USDA-appointed International Science Advisory Panel met in October, 1993. Since eradication options received from these two groups of scientists were divergent, representatives of state and federal agencies conferred and adopted a modified strategy which relied primarily on the ISAP’s recommendations.
