While decent autumn rains have been welcomed by many grain growers in the southern cropping region, they have also heralded the arrival of numerous invertebrate pests... Mites, earwigs, fleas, weevils, slugs and snails are appearing in agricultural areas of Victoria and southern New South Wales, according to the PestFacts south-eastern electronic news service which is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)... Redlegged earth mites are now predicted to be hatching in many cooler regions, early sightings of blue oat mites (Riverina and north-east Victoria) and Bryobia mites (Riverina) are also being reported, as are earwigs (NSW south-west Slopes), lucerne flea (north-east Victoria and Riverina), weevils (NSW Central Tablelands), black keeled slugs (NSW Riverina) and small pointed snails (western Victoria)...
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While decent autumn rains have been welcomed by many grain growers in the southern cropping region, they have also heralded the arrival of numerous invertebrate pests... Mites, earwigs, fleas, weevils, slugs and snails are appearing in agricultural areas of Victoria and southern New South Wales, according to the PestFacts south-eastern electronic news service which is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)... Redlegged earth mites are now predicted to be hatching in many cooler regions, early sightings of blue oat mites (Riverina and north-east Victoria) and Bryobia mites (Riverina) are also being reported, as are earwigs (NSW south-west Slopes), lucerne flea (north-east Victoria and Riverina), weevils (NSW Central Tablelands), black keeled slugs (NSW Riverina) and small pointed snails (western Victoria)...
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Young crops targeted by insect pests.. To assist growers and their advisers in remaining up to date with advice on these problematic pests and others, PestFacts SA is a valuable source of timely information being made available in 2015 through the GRDC-funded National Pest Information Service (NPIS)... With a focus on pests of broad-acre grain crops and pastures in SA and adjacent regions, PestFacts SA is co-ordinated by Kym Perry and Bill Kimber, entomologists with the SA Research and Development Institute which is a division of Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA)...
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Young crops targeted by insect pests.. To assist growers and their advisers in remaining up to date with advice on these problematic pests and others, PestFacts SA is a valuable source of timely information being made available in 2015 through the GRDC-funded National Pest Information Service (NPIS)... With a focus on pests of broad-acre grain crops and pastures in SA and adjacent regions, PestFacts SA is co-ordinated by Kym Perry and Bill Kimber, entomologists with the SA Research and Development Institute which is a division of Primary Industries and Regions SA (PIRSA)...
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