A Location–aware System for Fruit Fly e-Monitoring and Pest Management Control
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The Mediterranean, olive, cherry and peach fruit flies are invasive insects which were accidentally introduced in the Mediterranean area in the past, constituting a constant economic burden to the agriculture sector: besides qualitative losses and quantitative degradations of crop production, adverse environmental and economic impacts through the increase of insecticidal applications are direct consequences of key pests. Climate change have also strongly affected the traditional geographic distribution of fruit flies which includes now new areas which were not considered suitable for insects colonization. FruitFlyNet project aims to develop and implement environmentally effective monitoring and ground spraying control solutions for specific key pests already established in the Mediterranean area. This initiative aims to become a valuable tool for an alert quarantine-based system in countries where invasive fruit flies are not yet settled, providing the necessary platform for early detection and targeted eradication measures. _x000D_
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• To design and implement an innovative, integrated Location Aware System for fruit fly ground spraying control _x000D_
• To support the small fruit producers who cannot afford the insecticides to protect their crops against fruit flies