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Clean, easy monitoring of insect pests
Biotrap cubes take the hassle out of insect monitoring by allowing growers to use dry insect traps .
Read full storyManage fruit fly better with Fruition Nova
Fruition Nova is the latest improvement on the original Fruition design.
Read full storySterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in QFF
Program is a useful complement to the regional fruit fly management strategy.
Read full storySterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in Queensland fruit fly population
Releases of sterile fruit flies at two Australian locations have significantly reduced Queensland fruit fly numbers.
Read full storyUser friendly fruit fly control
Formulation scientists improve widely used insecticide .
Read full storyProtecting Victorian horticulture from fruit fly impacts
Victoria’s key fruit production regions will continue to be protected from the destructive impacts of QFF.
Read full storyCorteva Agriscience building new Biologicals portfolio
Corteva Agriscience and Mi2 will jointly develop and globally commercialise pheromones for crop protection.
Read full storyA nose for trouble
Research reveals that Queensland Fruit Fly can detect the presence of potential predators by smell.
Read full storyNZ catches 14 fruit flies in a year at a cost of $18m
Auckland's fruit fly response has come in just under budget, at nearly $18 million. With just 14 flies caught, that's just under $1.3m per fly!
Read full storyQueensland fruit fly destroys apricot harvest at Greensborough property
The dreaded Queensland fruit fly has devastated a “bumper crop” of apricots in Greensborough and the confirmed case has fruit growers in the Yarra Valley scrambling to protect their summer produce.
Read full storyFruit fly larvae reach Tasmanian shores on a Queensland mango
Fruit fly larvae have been detected in Tasmania on a mango imported from Queensland.
Read full storyCobram trials to stop Queensland Fruit Fly
Two million sterile Queensland fruit flies will be released near Cobram in an attempt to manage pest populations.
Read full storyBlue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds
The blue light that emanates from every smartphone and fluorescent bulb isn’t thought to be great for our health, particularly the health of our eyes. But a new study in fruit flies suggests that blue light can even be harmful to brains and speed up ageing — again, in fruit flies. There’s a very long way to go before we could assume the same is true for people.
Read full storyResearchers making fruit flies twice as 'sexy'
Australian researchers have developed a new type of fly food that can help double the number of "sexy" sterile Queensland fruit flies being reared in laboratories.
Read full storySterile fruit flies soon to hit NSW and Victorian skies
Millions of sterile Queensland Fruit Flies to be released over trial sites in western NSW and northern Victoria.
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