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Flowering plants attract beneficial insects to vegetable farms

09 Jun 2020 | Filed under sustainable agriculture

Walking down the row of cabbages the air is full of movement and quiet buzzing.

The Australian Grains Pest Innovation Program (AGPIP)

02 Jun 2020 | Filed under sustainable agriculture

There’s a new kid on the block when it comes to invertebrate pest management research and extension.

Insecticide resistance testing offered for green peach aphid

27 May 2020 | Filed under sustainable agriculture

We’ve been hot on the trail of insecticide resistance in green peach aphid for a while now, and we are hoping you’ll come join us on the hunt.

We have detected insecticide resistance in Victorian redlegged earth mite populations for the first time

30 Apr 2020 | Filed under

With much of south-eastern Australia receiving a welcome drink of rain and cooler autumn temperatures arriving, the redlegged earth mite, Halotydeus destructor, will have started popping up in crops and pastures during April.