Overview
Project status: In progress
Very little is known about the role of host plants in the population dynamics of Bactrocera tryoni, the Queensland fruit fly. Bactrocera tryoni is Australia's worst insect pest of horticultural products and costs the country an estimated $100 million per year. This project will investigate how different host plant factors influence B. tryoni distribution and abundance, and will incorporate results into a predictive population model.
- Research leader
- External collaborators Sakuntala Muthuthantri
- Organisational unit
- Lead unit Science and Engineering Faculty Other units
- Start date
- 1st January 2008
- End date
- 1st January 2011
- Research area
- Biogeoscience
Contact
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QLD Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPIF)
Associate Professor Anthony Clarke
