… In this study, these new lures were field tested for the first time in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
for attractiveness to ‘non-responsive’ species, including the guava pest Bactrocera obliqua …

… Monetary estimates of fruit production and fruit fly damage in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are
… annual fruit production running at more than $850 million, the potential losses if fruit flies …

… This project reports work undertaken as part of the Papua New Guinea Fruit Fly Project (PNGFFP).
The PNGFFP was a collaborative program between the National Agricultural …

… ) fruit fly species. Forty per cent of all taxonomically described species known from Papua New
Guinea … Such a high proportion indicates low beta-diversity of fruit flies. Steiner traps were …

… Papua New Guinea (PNG), particularly in the genus Bactrocera Macquart and Dacus Fabricius
[1, 2]. In agriculture, fruit flies are considered major pests of fruits … fruits and invading new …

… fruit fly in the Asia–Pacific region. Table 1 shows the species of fruit fly trapped by the PNG
Fruit Fly … The trapping revealed the invasion of the Asian papaya fruit fly ( Bactrocera papayae …

… We undertook a survey of PNG's fruit fly fauna along a complete elevational gradient on Mt
… 700 fruit flies representing 77 species. The total abundance and species richness of fruit flies …

… in the Pacific) and ACIAR/AusAID Project CS2/, 1996/225 (Identification, biology,
management and quarantine systems for fruit flies in Papua New Guinea). We thank the many …

… Host fruits are susceptible to attack by fruit flies at different stages of maturity. For example, …
not susceptible to most fruit fly species (except banana fruit fly and Asian papaya fruit fly) up to …

… Adult fruit flies can be efficiently sampled by lure traps where they are attracted … fruit flies an
important indicator group that can be used to assess forest ecosystems. Here we study fruit fly …