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Identifying wild versus sterile fruit flies

Fruit Fly July 19, 2021



Using isotopes to determine difference between wild and sterile fruit flies.

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Parasitoid wasps: The focus of a new biocontrol program for QFF

Fruit Fly June 9, 2021



Project focuses on the use of Australian parasitic wasps, or parasitoids, that specifically attack QFF.

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Prickly pear is a fruit fly concern

Fruit Fly May 7, 2021



Prickly pear produces fleshy fruit, which is a host for fruit fly

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Natural predators another link in biocontrol chain

Citrus Fruit Fly Insect & mite control April 26, 2021



Parasitoid wasps will be released in Victoria in a project designed to combat the spread of Qfly.

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Three day, online national fruit fly symposium slated for May 4

Fruit Fly April 14, 2021



The ongoing battle against fruit fly, which continues to threaten over half of Australia’s $13 billion horticulture sector and the 60,000 people it employs, is to be discussed at a national three day forum from May 4-6.

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Tracing the origins of fruit fly incursions

Fruit Fly April 12, 2021



Identifying and tracing the sources of invasive pests are crucial in managing biosecurity.

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Growers expecting severe fruit fly season

Fruit Fly April 3, 2021



Fruit fly activity had been triggered by the lingering effects of La Niña.

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Riverland fruit fly outbreak, sterile insects released to eradicate pest

Fruit Fly March 26, 2021



More than 2.5 million sterile fruit flies have been released in the Riverland to battles outbreaks of Queensland fruit fly.

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Fruition Nova trap best for fruit fly control

Fruit Fly March 21, 2021



Traps allows growers to more proactively manage fruit fly populations.

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$13 million to strengthen Australia’s fruit fly research

Fruit Fly Feb. 7, 2021



Six projects approved to address gaps in our understanding of fruit fly.

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Clean, easy monitoring of insect pests

Fruit Fly Insect & mite control Jan. 11, 2021



Biotrap cubes take the hassle out of insect monitoring by allowing growers to use dry insect traps .

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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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