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Queensland Fruit Fly AWARENESS AND PREVENTION Yarra Valley - Victoria Bactrocera tryoni James Niland Agriculture Victoria Sting John Golding http://tomandannesgarden.blogspot.com.au QDAF www.shutterstock.com Eggs Plant Biosecurity CRC


  1. Queensland Fruit Fly AWARENESS AND PREVENTION Yarra Valley - Victoria

  2. Bactrocera tryoni James Niland Agriculture Victoria

  3. Sting John Golding http://tomandannesgarden.blogspot.com.au QDAF www.shutterstock.com

  4. Eggs Plant Biosecurity CRC DPI NSW

  5. Larvae AG Vic AG Vic

  6. Pupae Ag Vic NSW DPI

  7. Lifecycle Ag Vic

  8. What are the host fruits? Ag Vic

  9. Commercial Implications  Increased costs  Damaged fruit  IPM complications  Loss of marketing options  Increased record keeping  Quality risk

  10. When is QFF a risk?  NOW – this week, this month, this year, next year…..  QFF not detected in Yarra Valley YET  Ripening fruit  Overwintering populations – warm winters  Warm, humid weather  Each fruit season in years to come

  11. Where are the risks?  Importing fruit into the region Public, workforce, tourists, commercial packhouses  Travelling insect  Host plants

  12. What to do in the Yarra Valley? Monitor Learn Look http://www.taste-the-bacon.com Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics NSW DPI REGIONAL COORDINATOR 0490381999 www. Visitmelbourne.com.au DEDJTR 136186 Agronomy consultant

  13. What to do? Remove Protect www.spagnolo.com.au Sandiegoreader.com Ag Vic www.realfoodrising.com

  14. Remove waste shutterstock huonville cherry sorting www.youtube/time to feed apples to cows iii apple_juice davison orchards

  15. Area Wide Management • Synchronised efforts to control or prevent QFF • Action on each property • Monitoring for early detections Plan of what actions to take, • who will act, and when

  16. What can I do if QFF arrives?? DR ABC  Alert DEDJTR, Regional Coordinator, Agronomists, Farm Manager, Neighbours  Identify source – remove or reduce the source  Identify the spread - contain the spread  Remove the infestation - attract and kill with bait sprays and specific traps  Increase monitoring intensity  Improve hygiene/sanitation  Continue to monitor with traps and checking fruit  Clean up or cull risks (more drastically than prevention stage)  Consider long term options for reducing population numbers

  17. Thinking ahead smudgeeats.com/maroondahorchards  We have area freedom  Cost of doing nothing is higher than the investment required to prevent the pest establishing

  18. Acknowledgements.. State Government of Victoria, Agriculture Victoria (Ag Vic) NSW DPI and QDAF Dan Papaceck, Bugs for Bugs Jenny Ekman, AHR and Hort Innovation David Williams, DEDJTR Andrew Jessup

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