Phytosanitary treatments on fruit fly can now move forward

Posted on Fri, 02 Sep 2016, 17:12

The Technical Panel for Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT)) just ended their annual meeting in Tokyo today (2 September 2016) where they reviewed scientific data from a recent study carried out by the Joint Food and Agriculture and International Atomic Energy Agency …

Four devastating fruit flies pests are one and the same species

Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2014, 11:46

A female oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, laying eggs by inserting her ovipositor in the skin of a papaya. Image by Scott Bauer.

What difference could it possibly make if a bunch of scientists decided that what were once thought …

Technical Panel talks Treatments From Melon Flies to Microwave Irradiation

Posted on Thu, 12 Aug 2010, 08:10

The Technical Panel on Phytosanitary Treatments met in Kyoto, Japan July 26-30, 2010.

There were a total of 33 treatments to be considered by the Panel. Of these, 19 were treatments the Panel had previously considered including some that had …