Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service are experimenting with a virus that can prevent house flies from reproducing, thereby reducing the amount of foodborne bacteria spread by these insects. Scientists have discovered that when house flies are infected with the salivary gland hypertrophy virus, females stop producing eggs and males
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Chemical Stunts Growth of Bacteria-Carrying Flies
A chemical that inhibits insect growth may help combat the spread of foodborne bacteria carried by house flies, according to new research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Scientists at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service have found that pyriproxyfen – a pesticide that’s been shown to stunt mosquito growth – has
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