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  • Cotton bollworm resistance management
    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.

  • Ensure khapra beetle isn’t on your shopping list this Christmas
    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.

  • New approaches to invertebrate pest management
    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.

  • Technology and mindset changes to drive new pest management era
    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.

  • New tool cuts Russian wheat aphid action threshold guesswork
    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).

  • Common and curious pests unmasked
    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.

  • Research shows Russian wheat aphid can be managed
    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.

  • High-tech sentinels advance national crop pest management effort
    Pests, 10 Jul 2020
    High-tech sentinels advance national crop pest management effort

    iMapPESTS project releases sophisticated prototype machines for multi-sector pest surveillance

  • Help at hand for growers in the south to identify and manage crop pests this season
    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.

  • Call for best-practice approach to control mites
    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.

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