Creating a permanent habitat for beneficials through insectaries
Are you a vegetable grower looking for an easy way to improve your Integrated Pest Management program? Native vegetation insectaries might be the answer.
On-farm insectaries are vegetated areas of flowering plants that can provide habitat and a nectar food source for beneficial insects. By re-purposing areas on your farm not suitable for cropping, insectaries can be a simple, low-cost way to support an existing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program.
The VegNET Victoria (South-East, West and Northern) team,Ā delivered by RM Consulting Group, investigated this subject andĀ facilitated an R&D roadshow forum in mid-October 2019,Ā focusing on native vegetation insectaries at the CSIRO Food Innovation Centre in Werribee, Victoria.
A key outcome from this workshop is the active exploration of external funding support to trial native vegetation insectaries in the WerribeeĀ region.
