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

by • NGI Updates

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 • 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

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Field-based testing for fall armyworm underway

by • 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 • 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

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