Location: Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research
Project Number: 2040-43000-017-027-T
Project Type: Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2017
End Date: Mar 31, 2020
Objective:
Contribute fruit fly cold tolerance data to a NZ biosecurity project.
Approach:
Conduct cold treatment studies to identify the most tolerant fruit fly species and life stage, and identify an effective temperature and treatment time for quarantine control in one or more fruits.
