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Mega Pests – The Basics of Protecting Your Crop
This fact sheet outlines general information pertaining to Integrated Crop Protection (ICP) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques. It outlines the key components of an … Read more
Minor use program
Growers of horticultural crops suffer from a lack of legal access to crop protection products. The problem is that while their crops are valuable, individually … Read more
National Diamondback Moth Project website
This website provides information for growers, consultants, students and others about managing the Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) and some other pests of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, … Read more
National IPM newsletter
This newsletter details four case histories that illustrate how successful pest control was achieved in commercial greenhouse farms using Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Each case … Read more
National IPM Program For Potato Pests
Information on the components of an Integrated Pest Management strategy has been developed with support from HRDC funding over several years. In this project, information … Read more
National Strategy for contol of WFT- Tomato spotted wilt virus
This 2-page fact sheet provides information on the background, symptoms, incidence and control of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and the thrips species that spread … Read more
National Strategy for control of WFT – Is WFT in your crop?
Western flower thrips (WFT) are very tiny and look like any other common thrips. It takes an expert and a microscope to properly identify WFT. … Read more
National Strategy for control of WFT – Managing WFT in greenhouse and field crops
Western flower thrips (WFT) can be difficult to manage, but damage can be kept to a minimum if producers take note of simple management practices. … Read more
National Strategy for control of WFT – Plants susceptible to tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)
This 7-page information sheet lists the common and scientific names of vegetables, herbs, fruit crops (including tomato), field crops, pasture species, cotton species, weeds and … Read more
National Strategy for control of WFT – Western flower thrips in vegetable crops
A one-page fact sheet outlining in simple terms why Western flower thrips (WFT) and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) have the potential to cause serious … Read more
National Strategy for control of WFT – WFT introduction
This 2-page fact sheet outlines what vegetable growers need to know about Western flower thrips (WFT) and the associated disease Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). … Read more
National Vegetable IPM Coordinator
The purpose of the National Vegetable IPM Coordinator project was to plan, coordinate, monitor, and support the development and adoption of best practice IPM technology. … Read more