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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. The operating manuals and other reports are in a CD-ROM that accompanies this book.
Includes Special sessions.
Fruit Fly Fighters is an account of the eradication of papaya fruit fly (Bactrocera papayae) from north Queensland from October 1995 when it was first discovered until eradication was formally declared in June 1999.
John Christopher Miller was born at Werdenhausen, Germany, in 1759. He married Hanna Franciska Stratman (1765-1818), daughter of Christian Frederick Stratman in 1788. They had seven children, 1789-1803, all born at Hofgeismar, Germany. The family immigrated to the United States in 1805 and settled in Clay Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. They migrated to Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1815. He died at Lancaster, Ohio, in 1822. Descendants lived in Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and elsewhere.