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Innovative science is key in the fight against fruit fly
Media ReleaseRESEARCHERS ARE investigating how to implement sex selection in fruit flies in a bid to trump up control and eradication measures for the Australian horticulture industry’s most costly pest. In what has been referred to as “genetic
23 May 2019
Establishment of the Qfly SITplus facility in southern Australia (HG14035)
This investment supported the development of a purpose built sterile Queensland fruit fly facility in Port August, South Australia
26 November 2018
Larval diets for high-productivity mass-rearing of Queensland fruit fly (HG13045)
This project developed a prototype gel larval diet that is currently in the process of scale-up trials prior to uptake in the Port Augusta SITplus facility
7 October 2018
Sex selection genes from fruit fly species for use in SITplus (FF17000)
This investment contributed to an improved understanding of the genetics involved in developing fit, male-only lines of Queensland fruit fly
29 June 2023
Post factory pilot of SITPlus fly production (FF17001)
This investment funded post-factory activities of the Port Augusta facility that mass-rears fruit flies using the sterile insect technique.
2 July 2023
SITplus: Improved population management system for Queensland fruit fly (HG13034)
This project developed new lures to attract Queensland fruit fly females, and better modelling to estimate effectiveness of control measures
23 November 2018
Implementation of RapidAIM: Real-time monitoring for the presence and location of fruit fly (ST16009)
This project demonstrated the full service offering of 'RapidAIM' in five fruit-growing regions across Australia.
27 September 2019
SITplus: Raising Qfly sterile insect technique to world standard (HG14033)
This investment brought the technology and scientific underpinnings of Qfly SIT and AWM up to world standard to ensure that the initiative succeeds in delivering viable and sustainable solutions to Australian growers.
31 May 2021
World a-buzz with Australia’s latest fruit fly findings
Media ReleaseFOR DECADES, researchers around the world have refined the development of sterile male fruit flies to control wild populations of the pest. While the development of sterile male-only Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) for release is new to
21 September 2017
SITplus: Developing and optimising production of a male-only, temperature-sensitive-lethal, strain of Qfly, B. tryoni (MT13059)
This investment has successfully demonstrated a method to develop a ‘temperature-sensitive lethal, male-selecting’ strain of Queensland fruit fly (Qfly).
31 January 2019