Sterile flies to save Balkan fruit trees

Israel’s BioBee has won a tender by the International Atomic Energy Agency to supply 400 million sterile flies to protect citrus trees along the border of Croatia and Bosnia. The nuclear-sterilized flies repel the Mediterranean fruit fly, a pest that has been wreaking havoc in the Balkans.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/flies-neutered-by-nukes-head-for-balkans/

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