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Fruit fly pests in Hawaii are members of the Family Tephritidae in the Order Diptera. They came from as far away as Africa, as long ago as 1895, and feed on hundreds of host plants. Many of these plants are shared by more than one fly. The flies are widespread from sea level to mountainous areas (over 7,000 ft.). The melon fly is commonly found in low areas in commercial and backyard vegetable gardens. The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly) moved away from most of the lowlands when the oriental fruit fly arrived in 1945.
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Fruit is a part of a tree or bush that contains seeds. It is often eaten as a food. For plants, fruits are used so that the plant can make new plants. When the fruit breaks apart, the seeds can get into dirt and start growing.
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Adaptations: Fruit bats, like other bats, have very long, webbed fingers that serve as wings. Fruit bats ... have very good senses of smell and sight (contrary to the myth that all bats are blind).
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Fruit rot diseases of blueberry are usually caused by fungi. These fungi are carried over from one season to the next on dead or infected plant parts (stems, twigs, leaves and fruit). Fruit of the current season's crop can be infected at any time after bloom, but infections often are not visible until berries begin to ripen. At harvest, infected berries may be soft and leaky, or may have masses of fungal spores growing on them. These spores can spread to adjacent ripe, healthy berries and cause them to rot after harvest. Postharvest decay is a serious problem in marketing channels on fruit from all major production areas in the United States.
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Fruit Ripples snacks are made from dried apples and contain the nutritional equivalent of one serving of fruit based on the USDA's food pyramid. Available in two flavors, Apple Cinnamon and Strawberry Apple, the snack contains just 50 calories per serving. Available on grocery shelves across the country, Fruit Ripples retail for $2.89 and include five pouches per box.
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Fruit, in the botanical sense, is developed from the flower as the result of fertilization of the ovule. After fertilization various changes take place in the parts of the flower. Those more immediately concerned in the process, the anther and stigma, rapidly wither and decay, while the filaments and style often remain for some time; the floral envelopes become dry, the petals fall, and the sepals are either deciduous, or remain persistent in an altered form; the ovary becomes enlarged, forming the pericarp; and the ovules are developed as the seeds, containing the embryo-plant. The term fruit is strictly applied to the mature pistil or ovary, with the seeds in its interior; but it often includes other parts of the flower, such as the bracts and floral envelopes. Thus the fruit of the hazel and oak consists of the ovary enveloped by the bracts; that of the apple and pear, of the ovary and floral receptacle; and that of the pineapple, of the whole inflorescence. Such fruits are sometimes distinguished as pseudocarps.
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