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Funding for development of new fruit fly control technology

Fruit Fly May 28, 2019



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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Fruit fly outbreak declared at Lindsay Point, Victoria

Fruit Fly May 24, 2019



An outbreak of Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly) was declared on Tuesday 21 May at Lindsay Point in Victoria, after a detection of a gravid female.

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Fruit fly eradication fight in South Australia boosted by new x-ray irradiation machine

Fruit Fly May 11, 2019



South Australia will be able to produce up to 50 million sterile fruit flies a week to protect the state's $1.2 billion horticulture industry.

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Research Impact: Management solutions for pest fruit flies in Australia and south-east Asia

Fruit Fly April 5, 2019



Pest fruit flies cause fruit and vegetable production losses, food shortages in developing countries, and severe trade restrictions preventing export of horticultural products.

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Common fruit flies are beginning to build a resistance to common insecticides

Fruit Fly March 25, 2019



Fruit flies in temperate parts of the country are becoming resistant to common insecticides, new research has found.

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AI diagnostics tool to help identify fruit fly gender

Fruit Fly March 8, 2019



A South Australian company has developed an AI diagnostics tool that combines a microscope and smartphone to deliver agtech solutions.

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Port Augusta sterile insects released in Riverland

Fruit Fly Feb. 20, 2019



Port Augusta has joined the fight against a fruit fly outbreak in the the Riverland.

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Fruit fly restrictions lifted in Tasmania but markets yet to recognise status

Stone Fruit Fruit Fly Jan. 9, 2019



Tasmania has officially clocked over into fruit fly-free status but Australia's trading partners will not automatically recognise the change.

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New fruit fly crackdown means a $375 fine for anyone bringing fruit into South Australia

Fruit Fly Jan. 5, 2019



Motorists caught bringing fruit into SA will no longer receive a caution, but will instead be slapped with a $375 fine. It’s part of a zero tolerance approach by the State Government to keep the state fruit-fly free.

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States and territories in deadlock over fruit fly management agreement

Fruit Fly Dec. 21, 2018



Despite several states experiencing millions of dollars in expenses as a result of fruit fly this year, state and territory governments are yet commit to a federal management strategy for the pest.

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Fruit fly detected on Flinders Island off north-east Tasmanian coast

Fruit Fly Dec. 18, 2018



Biosecurity authorities in Tasmania are ramping up fruit fly control measures after the discovery of another adult fly on Flinders Island.

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The east and west working together to eradicate fruit fly pests

Fruit Fly Dec. 13, 2018



COLLABORATION between the east and west has strengthened the capabilities of the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) to rid the region of the Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF).

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Fruit fly outbreak declared in South Australia's Riverland

Fruit Fly Dec. 7, 2018



A town in South Australia's Riverland region, internationally recognised as being pest-free, has had a fruit fly outbreak.

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Young to Yangzte: Region's cherry growers turning to Chinese buyers

Fruit Fly Dec. 2, 2018



Standing between the rows of his cherry orchards outside of Young, Cherry Growers Association Australia president Tom Eastlake is preparing for what could be a game-changing season. Mr Eastlake is one of the many cherry growers around Young gearing up to export their produce to China for the first time thanks to relaxed new trade laws.

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Thevenard fruit fly quarantine area lifted

Fruit Fly Nov. 29, 2018



The Thevenard fruit fly quarantine area was lifted this week following the successful eradication program for an outbreak of Mediterranean fruit fly. Fruit fly was detected in Thevenard in May and the area was then placed under quarantine.

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