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Adaptive area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly using the sterile insect technique: Guidelines for efficient and effective pest suppression and stakeholder adoption (ST15014 and ST15015)
This grant-funded project investigated, trialled and finalised guidelines and resources for the area-wide management of Queensland fruit fly.
3 July 2020
Development of non-invasive methods and systems for the assessment of hive health (PH17001)
This investment addressed the demand from horticultural industries for greater confidence in pollination services through the evaluation and dissemination of information on hive standards, commercial pollination practices and sensing technology to determine colony health and hive strength in key horticultural industries (almond, avocado, cucurbits, blueberry).
29 April 2024
SITplus: Port Augusta Qfly SIT factory pilot operation (FF18003)
This investment continued to support the operations of the sterile Queensland fruit fly facility established in Port Augusta, South Australia.
16 August 2023
Managing flies for crop pollination (PH16002)
This investment is looking into the potential of using flies as alternative crop pollinators, including looking at the effectiveness of specific species in pollinating avocado, berry (blueberry, raspberry and strawberry), hybrid carrot seed and brassica seed crops
21 January 2019
Increasing yield and quality in tropical horticulture with better pollination, fruit retention and nutrient distribution (PH16001)
This investment investigated how to increase yield and crop quality by better understanding cross-pollination effects on fruit and nut quality.
18 September 2023
Strengthening and enabling effective pollination for Australia (PH15000)
This investment identified key pollinators across different Australian crops and produced recommendations for pollination management to optimise yields and minimise the risk of pollination failure.
20 February 2024
Nuts for Life – educating health professionals (HN17002)
This project funded the Nuts for Life program which worked to reduce the gap between Australia's current and recommended consumption of nuts per person per day
21 January 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