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Development of economical protein bait sprays from brewery yeast waste for fruit fly control

Project ID

CS2/1994/115

Project Country

Commissioned Organisation

Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Entomology Branch, Australia

Project Leader

Professor Dick Drew

Email

D.Drew@griffith.edu.au

Phone: 

07 3735 3696

Fax: 

07 3735 3697

Collaborating Institutions

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vaini Research Station, Tonga

Project Budget

$145,720.00

Start Date

01/01/1994

Finish Date

31/12/1995

Extension Start Date

31/12/1995

Extension Finish Date

30/06/1996

ACIAR Research Program Manager

Dr Paul Ferrar

Overview Objectives

Protein bait sprays based on autolysed yeast cells have proved successful for fruit fly control in Australia and Malaysia. In Australia, one yeast autolysate bait formulation is produced by Burns Philp in Qld and is used for fruit fly suppression or control in areas of low fruit fly populations. In Malaysia, a yeast autolysate (Promar) developed under the first ACIAR fruit fly project (8343* has been used successfully to control large fruit fly populations in carambola plantations. Under field experimental conditions in Fiji, a protein bait spray has shown considerable promise in controlling fruit flies in both commercial and wild stands of guava. For example protein bait sprays applied every 7 days during the rainy season have reduced levels of damage caused by fruit flies to guava from 42% to 6%. This small project will develop a method of treating and autolysing brewery yeast waste from the Royal Brewery in Tonga in order to formulate a protein bait spray for fruit fly control; develop a treatment that has a reasonable shelf-life; test the attractancy of chosen yeast autolysate formulations developed from brewery waste; and establish a model plant in Tonga for brewery yeast waste treatment as a basis for a commercial unit.

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