sustainability through science & innovation
30 Jun 2018 | Filed under sustainable agriculture
A new and significant agricultural threat, vegetable leafminer (VLM, Liriomyza sativae), reached the Australian mainland in 2015 and has established in Seisia (one of the northernmost communities of the Cape York Peninsula).
31 Mar 2018 | Filed under sustainable agriculture
With resistance issues on the rise in the redlegged earth mite (RLEM), cesar is collaborating with the University of Melbourne, CSIRO and WA DPIRD to find better management options for controlling populations that have acquired resistance to conventional chemistries in Australia.
15 Feb 2018 | Filed under sustainable agriculture
A new biotype of the currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri), capable of colonising Nr:0-resistant lettuce varieties, has been discovered in Victoria.
04 Jul 2017 | Filed under sustainable agriculture
cesar is at the forefront of a project addressing a new and significant biosecurity threat to Australia’s vegetable, nursery and melon industries: the vegetable leafminer (VLM, Liriomyza sativae).
12 May 2017 | Filed under sustainable agriculture
Help control the vegetable leafminer, a major quarantine threat for our food production systems
