Management

ABC Rural News: Texas wasp eats crop-destroying pest

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-14/wasp-white-fly/4687470
A bug expert says the best way to control white fly outbreaks isn't with chemicals but with a predator wasp imported from Texas. Dr Siva Subramaniam, a senior entomologist with the Department of Agriculture at Bowen in north Queensland, says the wasp seeks out white fly eggs and feeds on the nutrients. (Tuesday, 14/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Chinese bug catchers a hit in central Queensland

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2012/s3637622.htm
Central Queensland lychee and mango grower Ian Groves is using traps featuring a solar powered light hanging over a bucket full of water. The lights turn on at night drawing insects which then fall into the water and drown. (Wednesday, 21/11/2012)

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Integrated pest management for mango orchards using green ants as a major component

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http://www.nt.gov.au/d/Content/File/p/Fruit/OP7_IPM_for_mango_orchards_using_green_ants_by_CDU.pdf
Peng R, and Christian K (2005) Integrated pest management for mango orchards using green ants as a major component. A manual for conventional and organic mango growers in Australia. Charles Darwin University.

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Implementing ant technology in commercial cashew plantations and continuation of transplanted green ant colony monitoring

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Peng RK, Christian KA, and Gibb K
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http://espace.cdu.edu.au/view/cdu:7042

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Green ants as biological control agents in agroforestry

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Peng RK, and Christian KA
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Townsville Dry Tropics R&D Priorities Workshop
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http://espace.cdu.edu.au/view/cdu:7041

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ABC Rural News: War on pest ants is lost, says BQ

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201211/s3629320.htm
The Queensland Government recently downgraded its eradication campaign against yellow crazy ants, and has also conceded against Asian honey bees, myrtle rust and giant Siam weed. (Friday, 09/11/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Fenthion use tightly restricted for the next year

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201211/s3623236.htm
From today, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority has issued new restrictions on the use of the pesticide fenthion, commonly used to control fruit flies. (Thursday, 01/11/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Northern Australian weed could be a snail killer

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201210/s3609313.htm
A northern Australian weed could hold the key to controlling snails and slugs in crops. The South Australian No Till Farmers Association has found that the extract of the calotrope, or rubber bush, is toxic to the pests. (Friday, 12/10/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Banana levy for emergencies moves a step closer

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201210/s3601869.htm
Banana growers have moved one step closer to paying a levy which would help them respond to a serious pest incursion. The industry signed up to the Emergency Pest Plant Response deed in 2004 and has only now introduced a levy to meets its obligations under the cost sharing arrangements. (Tuesday, 02/10/2012)

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ABC Rural News: Banana growers must diversify to deal with Panama disease

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201209/s3599709.htm
Banana growers have been told to diversify to ensure an incursion of Panama disease (Panama tropical race four) isn't a death sentence for the industry in Australia. (Friday, 28/09/2012)

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