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Manage fruit fly better with Fruition Nova

Fruit Fly Oct. 19, 2020



Fruition Nova is the latest improvement on the original Fruition design.

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Sterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in QFF

Fruit Fly Oct. 10, 2020



Program is a useful complement to the regional fruit fly management strategy.

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Sterile fruit flies contribute to reduction in Queensland fruit fly population

Fruit Fly Sept. 8, 2020



Releases of sterile fruit flies at two Australian locations have significantly reduced Queensland fruit fly numbers.

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User friendly fruit fly control

Fruit Fly July 13, 2020



Formulation scientists improve widely used insecticide .

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Protecting Victorian horticulture from fruit fly impacts

Fruit Fly July 4, 2020



Victoria’s key fruit production regions will continue to be protected from the destructive impacts of QFF.

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Corteva Agriscience building new Biologicals portfolio

Fruit Fly Insect & mite control Organic farming May 24, 2020



Corteva Agriscience and Mi2 will jointly develop and globally commercialise pheromones for crop protection.

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A nose for trouble

Fruit Fly May 6, 2020



Research reveals that Queensland Fruit Fly can detect the presence of potential predators by smell.

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NZ catches 14 fruit flies in a year at a cost of $18m

Fruit Fly Feb. 4, 2020



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

Stone Fruit Fruit Fly Jan. 16, 2020



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.

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Fruit fly larvae reach Tasmanian shores on a Queensland mango

Fruit Fly Jan. 6, 2020



Fruit fly larvae have been detected in Tasmania on a mango imported from Queensland.

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Cobram trials to stop Queensland Fruit Fly

Fruit Fly General Nov. 24, 2019



Two million sterile Queensland fruit flies will be released near Cobram in an attempt to manage pest populations.

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Blue Light From LEDs Can Rot The Brains Of Fruit Flies, Study Finds

Fruit Fly General Oct. 21, 2019



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.

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Researchers making fruit flies twice as 'sexy'

Disease & weed control Fruit Fly Oct. 14, 2019



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

Fruit Fly Sept. 13, 2019



Millions of sterile Queensland Fruit Flies to be released over trial sites in western NSW and northern Victoria.

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Spring into action against fruit fly

Fruit Fly Sept. 4, 2019



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.

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