Phorid flies have been a problem on mushroom farms since the 1940s, and for decades farmers used a pesticide called diazinon to eliminate them from their crops, according to Michael Wolfin ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — In southeastern Pennsylvania, where 60 percent of U.S. mushrooms are grown, phorid flies are posing a threat to the industry, destroying up to 40 percent of the crop and ...

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture recently issued a quarantine order for mushroom farms in Kennett and New Garden Townships due to phorid flies, writes Jeff Mulhollem for the Penn State News. The ...

The state is helping farmers fight phorid flies by making $500,000 in grants ... to the construction of the region’s first mushroom house. His son, J. Bancroft Swayne, expanded the operation ...

In southeastern Pennsylvania, where 60% of U.S. mushrooms are grown, phorid flies are posing a threat to the industry, destroying up to 40% of the crop and invading homes. To combat the pest, Penn ...

The flies will similarly swarm wine, beer, soda and other sugary liquids if you leave cups of them around the house. Fruit flies are able to subsist off very small amounts of food or drink -- the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) exhibit play-like behavior, as demonstrated by their voluntary and repeated visits to a carousel. This behavior, previously ...

Farms in Kennett and New Garden townships have been ordered to steam-treat between crops to stop the spread of phorid flies, the state agriculture department said in a news release on Thursday, Jan.

Farms in Kennett and New Garden townships have been ordered to steam-treat between crops to stop the spread of phorid flies, the state agriculture department said in a news release on Thursday, Jan.

The flies were likely introduced to the Islands by Polynesian settlers and European cargo ships. The research found that in Hawaii, the acoustic parasitoid fly has quickly evolved more sensitive ...