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Author Cantrell, B. K. (Bryan Keith), 1945-

Title Fruit Fly Fighters : Eradication of the Papaya Fruit Fly / Bryan Cantrell, Blair Chadwick, Anna Cahill
Published Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (209 pages)
Series SCARM Report, No. 81
SCARM report ; no. 81.
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 Fruit Fly Fighters is an account of the eradication of papaya fruit fly (Bactrocera papayae) from north Queensland from October 1995 when it was first discovered until eradication was formally declared in June 1999
Subject Fruit-flies -- Control -- Australia -- Queensland
Fruit-flies -- Control
Queensland
Form Electronic book
Author Chadwick, Blair
Cahill, Anna
CSIRO Publishing.
ISBN 9780643067608
0643067604
9780643090057
0643090053