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WEBINAR: Strategies to control insect pests that are not manageable with insecticides

Many groups of insect pests can be easily managed with relatively simple cultural strategies combined with insecticides, and through the increasing availability of low-risk IPM-friendly insecticides which can be used to preserve predators and parasitoids and manage insect pests.

But what do you do when dealing with insect pests with no registered insecticides, no commercially available biological control agents, and have limited information available on control actions? More

BIOSECURITY ALERT: Polyphagous shot-hole borer detected in Western Australia

by Levy Communications • NGI Updates

Thursday, 14 October 2021

Polyphagous Shot-Hole Borer (Euwallacea fornicates) has been detected for the first time in Australia in East Fremantle, Western Australia.

The Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) are responding to the detection of this exotic beetle, and further surveillance in the East Fremantle and Fremantle areas are underway to determine its spread. DPIRD is working closely with the local plant industries, including GIA and NGIWA, councils and the community to conduct the surveillance and tracing activities. More

October Pest of the Month: Scale insects

by Levy Communications • NGI Updates

Scale insects are a diverse group of insects that includes armoured scales, soft scales, mealybugs, felt scales and other groups. There are many species that damage nursery stock; some occur on a large number of plant species while others are more specific. More

Preparedness key to building nursery industry capacity in biosecurity incursions

by Levy Communications • NGI Updates

Friday, 17 September 2021

For growers and nursery businesses, the threat of biosecurity incursions can have a knock-on effect of social and economic instability, impacting business and supply continuity. Growers and interested parties are invited to attend a webinar on Friday, October 15 to learn more about these impacts. More

Field-based testing for fall armyworm underway

by Levy Communications • NGI Updates

Since it was first detected in Australia in early 2020, fall armyworm (FAW) has spread across Australia, posing a significant risk to Australia’s thriving $2.6 billion greenlife industry.

To combat this damaging pest, a new levy funded project ‘Field-based testing for fall armyworm’ (MT19014) has begun. More

Greener Cities, Healthier Lives project update

by Levy Communications • NGI Updates

Tuesday, 14 September 2021

The ‘Greener Cities, Healthier Lives’ (GC15005) project has provided Australian evidence on the benefits of green space from birth to older age.

Led by the University of Wollongong and funded by Hort Innovation as part of the Green Cities Fund, the project commenced in 2017 and has supplied industry and policy makers with a range of internationally significant studies that have strengthened the case for investing in urban greening strategies in Australian cities. More