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  • Aphids and virus risks elevate need for canola vigilance
    Pests, 07 May 2025
    Aphids and virus risks elevate need for canola vigilance

    Young canola plants may be more susceptible to virus infections this season as green peach aphids evolve resistance to commonly used seed treatments

  • Extreme weather challenges RLEM management
    Pests, 26 Apr 2025
    Extreme weather challenges RLEM management

    Extreme fluctuations in weather patterns in 2024 highlighted the difficulties in protecting crops from pests that can exploit the impacts on weakened crops. RLEM was seen in surprisingly high numbers, taking a toll on broadleaf crops such as canola.

  • Growers warned of increased mouse activity
    Pests, 18 Mar 2025
    Growers warned of increased mouse activity

    The National Mouse Group warns of increased mouse activity reports in the Darling Downs and Roma in Queensland, parts of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and parts of Western Australia.

  • Pressure building to find new control strategies for aphids
    Pests, 15 Mar 2025
    Pressure building to find new control strategies for aphids

    The need for an integrated strategy to control blue-green aphids has been heightened by the discovery of new pesticide-resistant populations in lentil crops in Victoria’s Wimmera and Mallee regions. Recent research led by Dr Evatt Chirgwin (Cesar Australia) found new resistant populations in these pulse-growing regions.

  • Multidisciplinary team tackles lime-loving snails
    Pests, 28 Jan 2025
    Multidisciplinary team tackles lime-loving snails

    Snails are a persistent pest for grain growers in Western Australia's Albany and Esperance Port Zones, thriving in wet conditions and exacerbated by lime applications, which promote their reproduction. A new GRDC-backed project, which is a collaboration between Dr Wei Xu of Murdoch University, Dr Kym Perry of The University of Adelaide, and SARDI, is applying the expertise of a multidisciplinary team, aiming to deliver new knowledge and new methods for snail management together with building capacity in entomology for Western Australia.

  • Slugs ‘weighed in’ to optimise management
    Pests, 09 Jan 2025
    Slugs ‘weighed in’ to optimise management

    GRDC research investment into black keeled slugs and grey field slugs will create a new management tool for growers to help control these pests.

  • Invasive pest study points to improved biosecurity responses
    Pests, 20 Dec 2024
    Invasive pest study points to improved biosecurity responses

    A detailed genomic analysis of fall armyworm (FAW) has shattered assumptions about how economically important pest incursions occur. It also highlighted the need for enhanced biosecurity responses undertaken cooperatively with Australia’s nearest neighbours to better protect agricultural crops and food security.

  • The pest control balancing act
    Pests, 13 Dec 2024
    The pest control balancing act

    A comprehensive step-by-step guide to sustainable pest management throughout the crop growing season is now available for download at the GRDC website. This Integrated Pest Management (IPM) checklist serves as a vital resource for farmers and agricultural professionals, emphasising that effective pest management is a year-round commitment requiring key actions at all stages of production.

  • Chaff or no chaff, insect risk remains the same
    Pests, 09 Dec 2024
    Chaff or no chaff, insect risk remains the same

    Chaff lines generated by harvest weed seed control programs do not increase the risk of crop damage from invertebrate pests

  • Five-year investment delivers enhanced biosecurity capability
    Pests, 06 Dec 2024
    Five-year investment delivers enhanced biosecurity capability

    A comprehensive step-by-step guide to sustainable pest management throughout the crop growing season is now available for download at the GRDC website. This Integrated Pest Management (IPM) checklist serves as a vital resource for farmers and agricultural professionals, emphasising that effective pest management is a year-round commitment requiring key actions at all stages of production.

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