Anna Cahill & Bryan Cantrell 
Fruit Fly Fighters [EPUB ebook] 
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 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.