Development Of A Disease Indexing Package To Predict Crop Losses In Peas & Beetroot
20 July 2012Development Of A Quality Assured Production & Marketing System For The Potato Industry
20 July 2012Project Code
Short Summary
This project has developed a large-scale pilot production facility for the Lepidopteran egg parasitoid Trichogramma ssp.
Year Published
1996
Project Provider
Bio Protection pty Ltd
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Bio-protection Pty Ltd of Warwick Qld has established a pilot production insectary to mass rear Trichogramma ssp. Wasps for use in horticultural crops. The wasps are about .25mm long and kill Lepidopteran pests by paratising their eggs. Two species T.nr.brassicae and T.funiculatum are now being produced. In a range finding, trial conducted by Peter Bailey of the Department of Primary Industries South Australia, T.funiculatum showed commercial potential against Light Brown Apple Moth in a vineyard at Coonawarra.
Project report
Pests diseases and biosecurity
