California spends tens of millions to defend its crops against the voracious medfly. (discovermagazine.com)
So, with his doctorate finally in hand, he set off for a 3 - year postdoc with evolutionary biologist James Curtsinger at the University of Minnesota, a collaborator on Vaupel's medfly project who was also studying population genetics in Drosophila. (sciencemag.org)
The film's opening shots follow helicopters as they spray sections of Los Angeles with pesticides to combat medfly infestation. (slantmagazine.com)