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Description of the Medfly Mass-Rearing Process at the San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala, Plant

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Fruit Flies

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The Guatemalan Medfly Rearing Plant is located in San Miguel Petapa, a small town 12 miles away from Guatemala City. The plant was built in 1982–83.

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  1. J. Calderon
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  1. Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Km. 2.5 Antigua Carretera a Coatepec, Apartado Postal 63, 91000, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

    Martin Aluja

  2. Centro de Investigaciones Ecologicas del Sureste, Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto Km. 2.5, Apartado Postal 36, 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico

    Pablo Liedo

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Calderon, J. (1993). Description of the Medfly Mass-Rearing Process at the San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala, Plant. In: Aluja, M., Liedo, P. (eds) Fruit Flies. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2278-9_50

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