Awareness and quick response key to Q-fly management

Ashley Walmsley
October 30 2017 - 5:00am
ON ALERT: Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area regional coordinator, Deidre Jaensch, says growers should educate their workers about signs of Queensland fruit fly in order to have as many eyes as possible on the look-out for the pest.
ON ALERT: Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area regional coordinator, Deidre Jaensch, says growers should educate their workers about signs of Queensland fruit fly in order to have as many eyes as possible on the look-out for the pest.

IT IS the places away from the orchard that need to be considered when it comes to tackling Queensland fruit fly, according to one expert.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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