Research interests

• Sterile Insect Technique
• Mass rearing sterile fruit flies
• Management of fruit flies
• Exotic plant pest surveillance
• Trade related surveillance
• Analysis of zero detections in surveillance programs

Background

Bernie Dominiak coordinates many fruit fly and surveillance activities and is based in Head Office. He originally joined the Department in 1977 and has over 20 years experience with pest management and surveillance. 

He is responsible for the Queensland Fruit Fly Production Facility at EMAI and worked in field release techniques for sterile fruit flies in the late 1990s. He has daily reporting responsibilities for detections of fruit flies affecting trade from the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone. Bernie has also coordinated surveillance programs for pests such as Red Imported Fire Ants, Asian Gypsy Moths, Small Hive Beetle, Sycamore Lace Bug and other significant exotic plant pests. He is involved with development of hand held devices for surveillance and data bases for storage of surveillance information. 

*NSW Department of Primary Industries was formed on July 1, 2004 through an amalgamation of NSW Agriculture, NSW Fisheries, State Forests of NSW and the NSW Department of Mineral Resources.

Qualifications

B.Appl.Sc. (Rural Technology) 1972

Current projects

• Reviewing the science associated with mass production of Queensland fruit fly
• Improvement of scientific reporting to support trade access discussions 
• Centralisation of surveillance data 
• Statistical analysis of surveillance data made up mainly of nil detections for international reinstatement purposes
• Improved lures for fruit fly surveillance

Recent publications

Dominiak BC, Sundaralingham S, Jiang L, Jessup AJ and Nicol HI (2010) Impact of marking dye, transport and irradiation on the eclosion of mass produced Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Plant Protection Quarterly 25(3): 141-143.

Clarke AR and Dominiak BC (2010) Positive correlation of male and female Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) catches in orange-ammonia traps. General and Applied Entomology 39: 9-13.

Dominiak BC, Sundaralingham S, Jiang L, Jessup AJ and Barchia IM (2010) Impact of marker dye on adult eclosion and flight ability on mass produced Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 49: 166-169. 

Reynolds OL, Dominiak BC and Orchard BA (2010) Pupal release of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in the sterile insect technique:seasonal variation in eclosion and flight. Australian Journal of Entomology 49: 150-159. 

Dominiak BC and Nicol HI (2010) Field performance of Lynfield and McPhail traps for monitoring male and female sterile (Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt) and wild Dacus newmani (Perkins). Pest Management Science 66(5): 741-744.

Dominiak BC, Worsley P, Gillespie PS, Loecker H, Kerr M, and Shattuck SO (2010) Search for Red Imported Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta Burren in New South Wales from 2004-2006. Plant Protection Quarterly 25(1): 15-18.

Dominiak BC and Coombes N (2010) Review of the impact of the Tristate community awareness program on road travellers – 1999/2000. Plant Protection Quarterly 25(1): 2-8.

Dominiak BC, Clifford CS and Nielsen SG (2009) Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni Froggatt) attraction to and the chemical analysis of male annihilation blocks using three concentrations of cuelure at Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 24(2): 157-160.

Dominiak BC, Links IJ, Fletcher MJ, Worsley P and McDougall S (2009) Detection and spread of currant-lettuce aphid Nasonovia ribisnigri (Mosley) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in New South Wales. General and Applied Entomology 38: 27-30.

Campbell AJ, Lynch AJ, Dominiak B and Nicol HI (2009) Effects of radiation, dye, day of larval hopping and vibration on eclosion of Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae). General and Applied Entomology 38: 49-53.

Dominiak BC and Coombes N (2009) Fruit carrying characteristics of travellers into a quarantine zone in New South Wales in 1999/2000. Plant Protection Quarterly 24(1): 14-19.

Dominiak BC, Sundaralingham S, Jiang L, Jessup AJ and Barchia IM (2008) Production levels and life history traits of mass reared Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) during 1999/2002 in Australia. Plant Protection Quarterly 23(3): 131-135.

Campbell AJ, Bowman G, Dominiak BC, Barchia IM and Mudford EM (2008)  Comparison of loose and bagged eclosion methods of varying pupal densities for the production of adult sterile Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae. General and Applied Entomology 37: 7-11.

Dominiak BC, Gillespie PS, Worsley P and Locker H (2008) Survey for sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in New South Wales during 2007. General and Applied Entomology 37: 27-30.

Worsley PM, Dominiak BC, Gilmour AR and James DG (2008) Pilot study at Cowra of intra-town dynamics of Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt)) populations based on trap catch data. Plant Protection Quarterly 23(2): 86-89.

Dominiak BC, Gillespie PS and Tom G (2007) Changes in data management and the impediments to change a case study for fruit fly surveillance. Plant Protection Quarterly 22(3): 95-98.

Dominiak BC, Campbell AJ and Barchia IM (2007) Changes in emergence parameters as a results of transporting sterile Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae. General and Applied Entomology 36, 7-10.

Dominiak BC, Sundaralingham S, Jiang L, Jessup AJ and Barchia IM (2007) Quality parameters of mass produced adult Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in 1998/1999. Plant Protection Quarterly 22(2): 59-61.

Dominiak BC, Gillespie PS, Kerr M, Kelly EJ and McLennan R (2007) Search for Red Imported Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta Burren (Hymenoptera: formicidae) in New South Wales, Australia during 2003/2004. Plant Protection Quarterly 22(1): 14-16.
 
Dominiak BC, Mavi HS and Nicol HI (2006) Effect of town microclimate on the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 46: 1239-1249.

Dominiak BC (2006) Review of the use of protein food based lures in McPhail traps for monitoring Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae). General and Applied Entomology 35: 9-12.

Dominiak BC, Gillespie PS and Kerr M (2006) Search for Asian Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) from 2003 to 2006 in New South Wales, Australia. General and Applied Entomology 35: 41-42.

Meats A, Smallridge CJ and Dominiak BC (2006) Dispersion theory and the sterile insect technique: application to two species of fruit fly. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 119: 247-254.

Gilchrist AS, Dominiak BC, Gillespie PS and Sved JA (2006) Variation in population structure across the ecological range of the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni. Australian Journal of Zoology. 54: 87-95.

Dominiak BC and Barchia IM (2005) A survey of travellers carrying host fruit of Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) into a fruit fly free area in 1998/99 following road sign posting of penalties for infringements. Plant Protection Quarterly. 20 (4): 148-154.

Dominiak BC and Barchia IM (2005) Review of community awareness at Riverina fruit fly roadblocks in New South Wales in 1998/99. Plant Protection Quarterly. 20 (4): 154-159.

Dominiak BC, Baker B and Barchia IM (2005) Interception of fruit fly host material from vehicles travelling between New south Wales and South Australia in 1999/2000. General and Applied Entomology. 34: 43-47.

Dominiak BC, Gillespie PS, Kerr M, Kelly EJ and Wassell G (2005) The search for Red Imported Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta Burren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New South Wales. General and Applied Entomology. 34: 23-27.

Dominiak BC, Gurr GM, Simmons AT and Begum M (2005) A pilot program to monitor fruit fly infestation of fruit intercepted at roadside inspections in New South Wales. General and Applied Entomology. 34: 15.

Yonow T, Zalucki MP, Sutherst RW, Dominiak BC, Maywald GF, Maelzer DA and Kriticos DJ (2004) Modelling the population dynamics of the Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera (Dacus) tryoni: a cohort-based approach incorporating the effects of weather. Ecological Modelling. 173: 9-30.

Dominiak BC, Gilmour AR, Kerruish B and Whitehead D (2003) Detecting low populations of Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) with McPhail and Lynfield traps. General and Applied Entomology. 32: 49-53.

Gillespie P, Staples J, King C, Fletcher MJ and Dominiak BC (2003) Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida (Murray) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in New South Wales. General and Applied Entomology. 32: 5-7.

Professional associations and activities

• Member of Entomological Society of New South Wales.
• Fruit Fly Research and Technical Team member
• TriState Fruit Fly Coordinator (TriState Fruit Fly Committee)

Keyword/phrase list of research interests

• Plant Pest Surveillance
• Regional Pest Control
• Mass rearing facilities
• Fruit flies
• Market Access