
Keywords: Queensland fruti fly
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No Sting in the Tail for Sterile Bisex Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt) Release ProgramsO. L. Reynolds, D. Collins, B. C. Dominiak and T. Osborne, Insects, 2022.![]() Global markets do not tolerate the presence of fruit fly (Tephritidae) in horticultural produce. A key method of control for tephritidae pests, is the sterile insect technique (SIT). Several countries release a bisex strain, i.e., males and females, however the sterile male is ... Keywords: Bactrocera tryoni, genetic biocontrol, Queensland fruti fly, release-recapture, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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Stable isotopes for reliable identification of wild and mass-reared Queensland fruit flies in sterile insect technique programsB. Mainali, A. S. Andrew, P. W. Taylor and P. Rempoulakis, Journal of Pest Science, 14. 2021.![]() Queensland fruit fly is one of the most economically important horticultural pests in Australia. Sterile insect technique (SIT) is now being reconsidered and upscaled to combat this pest so reliable discrimination of released sterile Q-flies from wild flies in monitoring traps is ... Keywords: Bactrocera tryoni, genetic biocontrol, Queensland fruti fly, release-recapture, SIT, sterile insect technique |

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