Fruit fly fighters : eradication of the papaya fruit fly /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cantrell, B. K.
Other Authors: Cahill, Anna, Chadwick, Blair
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2002.
Series:SCARM report ; no. 81.
Subjects:
Fruit-flies > Control > Australia > Queensland.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
GARDENING > Fruit.
Fruit-flies > Control
Queensland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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

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