Only12tonsoforangesweredestroyedandlessthan10percentofthetreesweredamagedbyfruitfliesinGuangyuanSichuanprovincetheprovincialagriculturedepartmentsaidonTuesday.
Itwasdiscountingreportsthat10000tonsoforangeshadtobedestroyed.
ThenewscausedconcernamongsomeconsumersinChongqingandTaiyuanShanxiprovince.
BothcitiesimportorangesfromSichuan.
Thereportoffruitfliescandoseriousdamage"MouJinyichiefagronomistoftheagriculturedepartmentsaidatapressconferenceinChengdu.
Hesaidfruitfliesofthetetradacuspecieshadbeendiscoveredin11townsinWangcangacountyundertheadministrationofGuangyuan.
Theagriculturedepartmentsaidonly68000treesaccountingfor8.9percentofthecounty'stotalhadbeeninfectedandthesituationwasnowundercontrol.
PostingsontheInternetsaidthesuddenappearanceoftetradacufliesinWangcangwasduetoclimatechange.
"Thefliesarenotanewpestanditexistsinmanyprovinces.Theyonlydoharmtoorangetreesandnothumans"WanFanghaochiefscientistattheBiologicalInvasionResearchOfficesaid.
Wangcangisnotverysuitablefororangegrowthandthecountygovernmenthabeenpressingfarmerstoplantteainstead.
InChengduconsumersremainedcalm.
