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Invasive flies have never been worse in Pennsylvania's mushroom capital, homeowners say. But eliminating them is a challenge
Those include introducing microscopic nematodes and mites — natural predators that damage phorid fly larvae before they hatch (without harm to the mushrooms that make it to the shelves ...
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Penn State researchers developing strategies to diminish mushroom phorid flies
Adding entomopathogenic nematodes — nearly microscopic roundworms that are natural enemies of insects — to mushroom compost to kill phorid fly larva; introducing predatory mites — tiny soil ...