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Topic: Mealybug

published - 24 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: QLD – mites and mealybugs major problems

Grower name:
Daniel Nicoletti

Location:
Pozieres, near Stanthorpe Qld

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Main issues are mites, mealybugs, and QFF.
Codling moth and black spot are under control via chemical sprays timed according to monitoring of moth numbers in traps and weather conditions affecting disease infection periods.
Mites and mealybugs have become …
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case study orchard, Mealybug, mites, Queensland

Case Study Orchards, QLD

published - 21 June 2019
Mealybug Management

David Williams (Principal Research Scientist, Agriculture Victoria) discusses identification, monitoring and control of Mealybugs, including how to identify the difference between Mealybugs and their natural predator (Mealybug Ladybird) larvae which look confusingly similar.

 
Reviewed by Kevin Dodds, NSW DPI.

Mealybug, Mealybug ladybird, Mealybug predators, monitoring

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