Fruit fly – prevention is key for growers
29 January 2019 This article, originally published in The Vine, provides a thorough overview of the range of Queensland fruit fly control... Read More
About the Oriental fruit fly
25 January 2019 Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) is an exotic pest with more than 300 hosts, including summerfruit, and wine and... Read More
Spotted wing drosophila the focus of preparedness workshops
12 December 2018 Events held across Australia in October and November 2018 brought together growers, government biosecurity officers, and international experts to... Read More
New investment in fruit fly management welcomed
23 November 2018 The National Fruit Fly Council welcomes this week’s announcement of further investment to strengthen the fruit fly management system.... Read More
Getting on top of fruit flies in spring
29 October 2018 Many Australians enjoy gardening to harvest fresh seasonal produce from their own backyard, however, fruit flies can wreak havoc... Read More
National Fruit Fly Symposium sets direction
23 August 2018 The quest to better manage fruit flies in Australia was the focus of National Fruit Fly Symposium in Melbourne... Read More
Next generation of fruit fly handbook and website launched
14 June 2018 The business of sorting and identifying the thousands of tephritid ‘true’ fruit flies affecting a wide variety of crops... Read More
Smart traps – a new tool in fruit fly management
8 May 2017 Recently there has been a lot of talk about ‘smart’ traps in fruit fly management, but what are they... Read More
National Fruit Fly Council visit Macquarie University
3 February 2017 As part of the National Fruit Fly Council’s ninth meeting, members visited Professor Phil Taylor and the research group... Read More
Imported fly performs in mating trials
20 December 2016 An imported fruit fly from the United Kingdom (UK) has shown great potential to biologically control the damaging horticultural... Read More
National Fruit Fly Council considers a ‘systems approach’
23 August 2016 Maintaining areas in Australia that are free from pests such as fruit fly has been an important way for... Read More
RapidAIM technology for fruit fly monitoring
13 July 2016 Darryl Barbour, Plant Health Australia’s National Manager, Fruit Fly Council, met with Ryan McAllister from CSIRO about the RapidAIM... Read More
National Fruit Fly Council meeting
9 June 2016 The National Fruit Fly Council met on 2 June 2016, bringing together representatives from industry, governments and research funders... Read More
Meeting with Young-Harden Fruit Fly Committee
9 June 2016 National Manager, Fruit Fly Council, Darryl Barbour, attended a meeting of local growers, Young Shire Council, NSW DPI Policy,... Read More
New faces on National Fruit Fly Council
15 April 2016 Membership of the recently established National Fruit Fly Council (NFFC) has been broadened and a full time manager appointed... Read More
Area wide management for Qfly
13 April 2016 By Dr Penny Measham To help control one of horticulture’s biggest pests, Queensland fruit fly, a horticulture-wide research program... Read More
Meanwhile, on the front line
24 March 2016 Queensland In Queensland, Dan Papacek of integrated pest management (IPM) business Bugs for Bugs said the risk of complacency... Read More
Backyard management guide for Qfly
10 March 2016 Riverina Fruit Fly Campaign Coordinator, Tammy Galvin, has produced a two page guide for backyard fruit and vegetable growers... Read More
Mass producing sterile Queensland fruit flies
7 March 2016 Construction of a factory with the capacity to turn out 50 million sterile male Queensland fruit flies (Qfly, Bactrocera... Read More
Survey on use of area wide fruit fly management
22 February 2016 Horticulture Innovation Australia is conducting a survey about producer’s use of area wide management to control Queensland fruit fly.... Read More