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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!
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Queensland 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.
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Sterile 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.
Read full storySpring into action against fruit fly
Now is the time to start action against fruit fly this season. With the days starting to warm up Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) are starting to become more active in their search for food.
Read full story$10M funding injection to support the eradication of Qfly
Australian research into sterile insect technology has been strengthened through a $10 million collaborative project managed by Hort Innovation, with significant cash contributions by Western Sydney University and the Government of South Australia.
Read full storyNew funding to keep exotic fruit fly at bay in FNQ
The Queensland Government has moved to protect jobs in Far North Queensland’s agricultural sector by boosting funding to efforts to eradicate exotic fruit fly in the region.
Read full storyFunding for development of new fruit fly control technology
Macquarie University has recently been awarded $4.7 million funding from Horticulture Innovation Australia Ltd to identify the genetic code that enables elimination of females in overseas fruit flies so that these characteristics can be reproduced in Australia’s Queensland fruit fly.
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