| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Series |
SCARM report ; no. 81 |
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SCARM report ; no. 81.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Milestones; Author biographies; 1 A day etched in memory; 2 Sounding the alarm; 3 Emergency response; 4 Campaign management; 5 Growers' perspective; 6 Monitoring; 7 Eradication; 8 Data management; 9 Quarantine; 10 Traffic control points; 11 Market access; 12 Operations; 13 Public relations; 14 Research and development; 15 The way ahead; 16 Campaign contributors; Index |
| Summary |
The campaign to eradicate the papaya fruit fly from north Queensland has been widely acknowledged by international scientists as a significant technical achievement that equals any similar control program world-wide. Fruit Fly Fighters is a highly readable and practical account of the whole campaign from 1995 when the papaya fruit fly was first discovered until 1999 when eradication was formally declared. Key aspects covered include: The emergency response; Campaign management; The growers' perspective; Monitoring, eradication, data management; quarantine, traffic control points; market access for fruit from infected areas; public relations; and research and development |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Fruit-flies -- Control -- Australia -- Queensland
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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Fruit-flies -- Control
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Queensland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cahill, Anna
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Chadwick, Blair
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| ISBN |
0643090053 |
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9780643090057 |
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9780643098961 |
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0643098968 |
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