Eradication of the Mediterranean fruit fly from the Dominican Republic using nuclear technology
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The Mediterranean fruit fly (or medfly), Ceratitis capitata Wied., is considered a major agricultural pest worldwide because of its direct damage to fruit and
vegetable production, and restrictions imposed to commercialization of horticultural commodities by countries free of the pest.The presence of this pest was officially reported in the Dominican Republic in March 2015.
IAEA, FAO and USDA immediately joined hands to assist the country in establishing a national monitoring network to delimit the distribution of the outbreak and initiate an eradication campaign with support from the Guatemala, Mexico, USA Moscamed Programme and regional organizations.
In July 2017, the Caribbean country declared officially that it is free of the invasive pest, only two years after an outbreak led to considerable damage to its agricultural industry.