This projecti is conducted by Ms Jane Royer in
Papua New Guinea and Commissioned by the Australian Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry .
Tropical fruit flies (Tephritidae: Dacinae) are
among the world's worst pests of fruits and vegetables. Male lures are used as
part of their management, but around half of all dacine fruit flies do not
respond to the known male lures, including several pest species in Papua New
Guinea and Australia. Recent research in Australia has led to the discovery of …More