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Pests, 15 Oct 2020
Cotton bollworm resistance management
Cotton bollworm is a major pest of many grain crops and, together with its ability to develop resistance to an increasing number of insecticides, is a challenge to control. An innovative surveillance program combined with deployment of resistance management practices is beginning to make inroads to controlling the pest in Australia’s eastern states.
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Pests, 14 Oct 2020
Ensure khapra beetle isn’t on your shopping list this Christmas
People are warned to be on the lookout for the highly invasive khapra beetle, as it poses a significant threat to the grains industry.
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Pests, 12 Oct 2020
New approaches to invertebrate pest management
With growing levels of insects resistant to pesticides, researchers are thinking more laterally for management methods. Along with developing a way to estimate pesticide selection pressure, bacteria residing in the guts of insects may form part of a novel approach to managing these grain pests.
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Pests, 11 Oct 2020
Technology and mindset changes to drive new pest management era
New research frontiers are being charted to add novel tools to IPM toolkits for invertebrate pest management. This will help combat increasing insecticide resistance and meet tightening pesticide regulatory requirements.
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Pests, 22 Sep 2020
New tool cuts Russian wheat aphid action threshold guesswork
Scientists have developed a new tool to take action against Russian wheat aphid (RWA).
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Pests, 20 Sep 2020
Common and curious pests unmasked
University of Melbourne postgraduate student Josh Douglas has helped demystify the factors contributing to pest outbreaks and crop damage that could help guide management options for growers. Dr Douglas examined four insect species as part of his PhD thesis, co-invested by GRDC and CSIRO, from 2014 –19. These pest species included the Portuguese millipede, a species of slater called the common pill-bug, redlegged earth mite and blue oat mite.
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Pests, 02 Sep 2020
Research shows Russian wheat aphid can be managed
Australian researchers are more confident the Russian wheat aphid (RWA) pest does not pose a major threat to winter cereal crops if growers understand how to manage it effectively.
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Pests, 10 Jul 2020
High-tech sentinels advance national crop pest management effort
iMapPESTS project releases sophisticated prototype machines for multi-sector pest surveillance
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Pests, 03 Jul 2020
Help at hand for growers in the south to identify and manage crop pests this season
SA growers are watching unusual caterpillar and moth activity on the back of conducive weather conditions.
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Pests, 03 Jun 2020
Call for best-practice approach to control mites
Advice to get control strategies right as rain and cool weather spark redlegged earth mite activity in west and north.