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9 June 2020The Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), Biological Services, and AUSVEG have developed a collaborative industry webinar series focusing on tomato potato psyllid (TPP) with a short update on fall armyworm and exotic leafminers.
Delivered by industry specialists, this webinar series aims to inform and up-skill producers and service industry providers, on key research and topics associated with these pests.
The presentations include:
- An introduction to TPP including host plants, general symptoms, and the impact of TPP in New Zealand.
- TPP morphology, the national surveillance project, and mass CLso testing in WA.
- Transition to management and efficacy trials of insecticides and biological control agents tested against TPP in greenhouse conditions.
- Fall armyworm and vegetable leafminer project update.
Click here to access the webinar series on AUSVEG’s YouTube channel.
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