Prepare to tackle and report pests and diseases: Reel gallery of critters in crops
Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) pupae visible through the gauze-like cocoon on the underside of a damaged canola leaf. Pupae start out green, then turn brown in colour before hatching out as adult moths. PHOTO GRDC
Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) moth at rest. PHOTO: GRDC
Oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) adult and nymphs on a cereal stem. PHOTO GRDC
Balaustium mite ( Balustium medicagoense) on a cereal leaf. PHOTO GRDC
Beet western yellows virus(BWYV) in 2014 showing deformed canola plants. PHOTO GRDC
Blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans) in canola. PHOTO GRDC
Sclerotinia stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) in canola. PHOTO GRDC
Redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor). PHOTO GRDC
Bryobia mite (Bryobia sp) on a cereal leaf. PHOTO GRDC
Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor, Nysius clevelandensis) adults on the left, nymphs on the right. PHOTO GRDC
White Italian Snail (Theba pisana). PHOTO GRDC
Weevil feeding on a canola leaf. PHOTO GRDC
Cereal cyst nematode (CCN) - (Heterodera avenae) - affecting a wheat plant. PHOTO GRDC
Cutworm or Bogan moth (Agrotis infusa) larva. PHOTO GRDC
DPIRD research officer Dr Daniel Hüberli shows crown rot fungus growing at DPIRD in WA. PHOTO GRDC
Crown rot (Fusarium pseudograminearum) severely affecting barley. PHOTO GRDC
Downey mildew (Peronospora viciae) in Kaspa field peas. PHOTO GRDC
Powdery mildew (Bumeria graminis. f.sp. tritici) on a wheat leaf. PHOTO GRDC
Powdery mildew (Bumeria graminis. f.sp.avenae) on an oat leaf. PHOTO GRDC
Rhizoconia (Rhizoctonia solani AG8) causing root pruning in a wheat plant. PHOTO GRDC
Septoria tritici blotch (STB) - (Mycosphaerella graminicola) - that affects WA wheat crops. PHOTO GRDC
PestFax is an informative and interactive reporting service that covers pests and diseases threatening crops and pastures throughout the grainbelt of Western Australia.
The service provides:
- Weekly news updates throughout the growing season
- Risk alerts
- Management information and advice.
PestFax is co-funded with GRDC investment through the National Pest Information Service project (NPIS) and is delivered by the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD).
Growers are encouraged to use the service to report pests and diseases they are seeing in the paddock and check the latest advice about which plant diseases and insect pests are currently posing a risk to their crops and pastures.
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A wide network of growers, field agronomists, consultants and industry specialists provide weekly input into the PestFax newsletter that is distributed during the winter crop season and PestFax apps.
This interactive input helps ensure that the best diagnostic and control methods are recommended to growers and industry in-season, when it counts most.
PestFax can be obtained by sending a request to PestFax@dpird.wa.gov.au for a free subscription.
To make an online pest or disease report, or to send a message, go to this link or email: PestFax@dpird.wa.gov.au.
The online PestFax Map is another useful tool to see where pest and disease problems are occurring.
GRDC's NPIS project aims to provide timely and scientifically rigorous information and guidance to advisers, growers and other service providers about invertebrate pest identification, incursions and management in the main grain growing regions of Australia.
Other project partners in the NPIS project include; Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF), cesar and South Australia Research and Development Institute.