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A marine pest is a non-native marine plant or animal that harm Australia’s marine environment, social amenity or industries that use the marine environment
Friday. January 17th, 2020There are a number of species to contend with; the common root knot genera (Melodogyne spp.) are easy to identify as the nematode enters the root and causes
Thursday. December 19th, 2019If it were not for the natural enemies of this pest, whiteflies would probably be our main vegetable pest. An outbreak of whitefly is usually the result
Tuesday. December 17th, 2019When spraying different pests at the same time, many farmers try to kill two birds with one stone by making elaborate mixtures.
Friday. December 13th, 2019As pointed out previously, the key to successful pest and disease control is optimal penetration of the spray mixture.
Tuesday. December 10th, 2019The infamous cutworm occurs in all vegetable crops, including onions, yet still seems to catch farmers by surprise.
Wednesday. November 27th, 2019Japan is seeing an outbreak of the crop damaging pest, Fall Armyworm (FAW), with silage corn the primary crop affected by the disease, but also at risk is corn
Friday. November 22nd, 2019A review of high-tech dragon fruit planting models in Duong Xuan cooperative as well as introduced unmanned spraying equipment to manage pests on dragon fruits.
Saturday. November 16th, 2019If allowed to flourish, predators and parasitoids can control certain pests almost entirely.
Friday. November 1st, 2019My interest in integrated pest management (IPM) was sparked many years ago when carrying out brassica trials.
Thursday. October 31st, 2019