I-Spotted wing drosophila (SWD), eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Drosophila suzukii, iwuhlobo lwempukane yezithelo ezingabangela umonakalo omkhulu ezithelweni ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ama-cherries, ama-raspberries, ama-strawberry, nama-blueberries. Lesi sihloko sizohlola ucwaningo lwakamuva namasu okuphatha i-SWD ezitshalweni zezithelo.
Ngokocwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwe yiNyuvesi yaseCalifornia Agriculture and Natural Resources, ukuhlasela kwe-SWD kunganciphisa izinga lezithelo kanye nesivuno, okuholela ekulahlekelweni kwezomnotho kubalimi. I-SWD isiphenduke inkathazo esabalele ezindaweni eziningi, futhi inani labantu bayo banda ngokushesha ngenxa yesikhathi sayo sesizukulwane esifushane kanye nezinga eliphezulu lokuzala.
Imikhuba yamasiko eminingana, njengokususa izithelo ezivuthiwe nezilimele, nokusebenzisa izithiyo zomzimba, njengokunetha, kungasiza ekuvimbeleni ukuhlasela kwe-SWD. Ukwelashwa ngama-insecticide nakho kuyasebenza ekulawuleni i-SWD, futhi abacwaningi baqhubeka nokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo emisha futhi esimeme.
Sengiphetha, ukuphatha ukuhlasela kwe-SWD ezitshalweni zezithelo kudinga inhlanganisela yemikhuba yamasiko kanye nokwelashwa kwezibulala-zinambuzane. Abalimi kanye nezazi zezolimo namahlathi kufanele bahlale benolwazi lwakamuva ngocwaningo lwakamuva nezincomo ukuze balawule ngempumelelo lesi zinambuzane esilimazayo.
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