Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors: | Cahill, Anna.
Chadwick, Blair.
|
ISBN: | 0643090053 9780643090057 9780643098961 0643098968
|
Notes: | Includes index. Print version record.
|
Summary: | 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 from 1995 when the papaya fruit fly was first discovered until 1999 when eradication was formally declared.Key aspects covered include: The emergency response; Campaign management; The growers' perspective; Monitoring, eradication, data management; quarantine, traffic control points; market access for fruit from infected areas; public relations; and research and development.
|
Other form: | Print version: Cantrell, B.K. Fruit fly fighters. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., 2002 0643067604
|