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.
To access the Riverland Pest Free Area
You can use any of the endpoint treatment options.
To access Metropolitan Adelaide and all other regions
You can use any of the eight treatment options, dependent on type of fruit fly.
Endpoint treatment options for fruiting vegetables
ICA-04 Fumigation
Avocado, capsicum, chilli, eggplant and tomato.
ICA-07 Cold treatment disinfestation
Not suitable for all fruiting vegetables (such as tomatoes, eggplant, chillies and capsicum), suitable for avocado.
ICA-30 Hard condition of avocados
ICA-30 depends on the fruit fly active in your area. Varieties of avocados accepted are:
- Queensland fruit fly – Hass and Lamb Hass only
- Mediterranean fruit fly – Hass, Lamb Hass, Fuetre, Sharwill and Reed only.
Systems approaches and other treatment options for fruiting vegetables
ICA-15 Mature green condition of passionfruit, Tahitian limes, black sapotes and tomatoes
Tomato Mediterranean fruit fly only.
or
ICA-26 Preharvest treatment and post-harvest inspection of tomatoes, capsicum, chillies and eggplants
Queensland fruit fly only – capsicum, chilli, and eggplant.
Queensland or Mediterranean fruit fly – tomato.
or
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.