FAW has recently torn a destructive path across Africa and Asia where it has decimated many types of crops, including sweetcorn and capsicum production.

In this webinar series, International expert, Alexandre Silva, Head of Technical Support APAC at Syngenta, details the impact that this pest has had on international producers and will highlight some key tools to combat it, now that it is established in Australia.

Together, Dr Frezzel Praise Justo-Tadle and Dr Brian Thistleton (Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Northern Territory Government) provide an update on FAW distribution, biology, and host plants. Dr Helen Spafford (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Government of Western Australia) discusses alternatives to insecticides for FAW management.

Chris Monsour (Prospect Agriculture) takes us into the field in Bowen, QLD, where he shows us FAW damage in sweetcorn, as well as traps used to monitor FAW activity in the region.