TY - BOOK AU - Cantrell,B.K. AU - Cahill,Anna AU - Chadwick,Blair TI - Fruit fly fighters: eradication of the papaya fruit fly T2 - SCARM report SN - 0643090053 AV - SB945.F8 C36 2002eb U1 - 634.049774 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Collingwood, Vic. PB - CSIRO Pub. KW - Fruit-flies KW - Control KW - Australia KW - Queensland KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Agriculture KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - GARDENING KW - Fruit KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=90826 ER -