european red mite Archives - Australian Apple and Pear IPDM

Topic: european red mite

published - 21 June 2019
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Monitor while pruning to get ahead

Pruning is an opportunity to monitor for diseases and pests so you are ahead of the game later in the season. Take a moment to educate your pruning staff to look for evidence of key pests and diseases while they are working among your trees. Watch out for:

ERM and Bryobia …
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Bryobia mite, european red mite, monitoring, San Jose Scale, snails, Wood Rotting fungi, woolly aphid

Diseases, Pests

published - 19 February 2019
By Alison Mathews (DPIRD WA)

Mite monitoring: key to sustainable chemical use

Monitoring mites
Late November is the time to start monitoring for Two-spotted, European red and Bryobia mites. Although fortnightly monitoring is usually sufficient unless numbers are approaching the action threshold, the use of random sampling in weekly monitoring allows you to cover a greater spread of the orchard and increases the …
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Bryobia mite, european red mite, mite predators, mite thresholds, mites, monitoring, pests, Two-spotted mite

Pests

published - 12 November 2018
By Alison Mathews & Stewart Learmonth (DPIRD Manjimup) and Susie Murphy White (Pomewest Manjimup)

Spring pest monitoring in WA orchards

Out of a recent survey and discussions at workshops in August the most mentioned pests of concern in Western Australia were med fly, weevils, woolly aphids, mites and thrips.
Depressions in apple fruitlets caused by apple dimpling bug
Adult apple dimpling bug
For pests that may or may not be a problem in spring, …
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apple dimpling bug, european red mite, IPDM monitoring, IPM monitoring, miticides, monitoring techniques, mummy, parasitic wasp, parasitise, thrips, weevil, woolly aphid, woolly aphid wasp

Pests