Treatment of fruiting vegetables
These treatment options are available for fruiting vegetable growers to access South Australian markets only. Common fruiting vegetables includes chillies, capsicum, tomatoes, eggplant, and avocados.
For the Riverland Pest Free Area, use any of the endpoint treatment options.
For Metropolitan Adelaide and all other regions, use any of the below treatment options, dependent on type of fruit fly.
Endpoint treatment options
ICA-04 Fumigation
Suitable for avocado, capsicum, chilli, eggplant, and tomato.
ICA-07 Cold treatment disinfestation
Suitable for avocado.
Not suitable for other fruiting vegetables, such as tomatoes, eggplant, chillies, and capsicum.
ICA-30 Hard condition of avocados
Depends on the fruit fly active in your area.
Varieties of avocados that are accepted
Queensland fruit fly:
- Hass
- Lamb Hass
Mediterranean fruit fly:
- Hass
- Lamb Hass
- Fuetre
- Sharwill
- Reed
Systems approaches and other treatment options
ICA-15 Mature green condition of passionfruit, Tahitian limes, black sapotes and tomatoes
Mediterranean fruit fly only.
ICA-26 Preharvest treatment and post-harvest inspection of tomatoes, capsicum, chillies and eggplants
Vegetables that are accepted
Queensland fruit fly only:
- capsicum
- chilli
- eggplant
Queensland or Mediterranean fruit fly: tomato
CA-33 Pre-harvest monitoring, bait spraying and post-harvest inspection suitable for organic production
Queensland fruit fly only. Not available in the 1.5 km outbreak area.
Note minimum 6 weeks prior to harvest spraying requirements.