Published - 16 March 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Melbourne gardeners join the psyllid hunt This Easter, gardeners around Melbourne are setting traps in their veggie patches and citrus trees to help Agriculture Victoria researchers search for exotic psyllids. Recently we … Read More Agriculture Victoria, Citrus Australia, pests, surveillance Protect your patch, What bug is that?
Published - 26 February 2021 By Sarah Brown (Agriculture Victoria) Act fast to manage that nasty Queensland Fruit Fly in your garden Queensland fruit fly (QFF) (Bactrocera tryoni) is a significant pest which can infest many different types of fruit and fruiting vegetables, making them inedible. It … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, fruit Gardening tips, Protect your patch
Published - 27 May 2020 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Who wants to be a Pest Warrior? Who wants to be a Pest Warrior? At the Urban Plant Health Network we’re hoping ALL of you will want to be one! Read our Pest … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, exotic, garden, pests Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, Where to go for help
Published - 14 April 2020 By Steven Field and Deb Banks (Agriculture Victoria) Gardeners – read those chemical and pesticide labels! Backyard gardeners – make sure you read and follow the label of any chemicals you are using in your garden! We are staying at home and … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bees, beneficials, garden, pests Gardening tips, Protect your patch
Published - 7 April 2020 By Julia Severi and Jessica Lye (cesar) Forewarned is forearmed – the benefits of using sticky traps in your garden Sticky trap with cage in a citrus tree. Image credit: Kimberley Lamont Sticky traps are pieces of coloured plastic or cardboard, typically yellow (or sometimes blue) … Read More bad bugs, beneficials, Cesar Australia, garden, good bugs, pests Gardening tips, Protect your patch
Published - 30 December 2019 By Jeff Milne (Citrus Australia) Look out for this citrus pest at your place as part of the bigger picture Citrus trees in backyards and orchards in the USA are being killed by a small bug called the Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP). We want to … Read More bad bugs, citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, exotic, pests Protect your patch, What bug is that?
Published - 19 December 2019 By Maddy Quirk (AUSVEG) Keep an eye out for tomato potato psyllid The tomato potato psyllid (TPP) is a small sap-sucking insect and a serious pest of tomato, potato, chilli, capsicum, eggplant, tamarillo, sweet potato and weeds … Read More AUSVEG, bad bugs, exotic, pests, vegetables Protect your patch, What bug is that?
Published - 1 November 2019 By Jess Lye (cesar) Urban plant biosecurity – understanding emerging risks, supporting resilient cities and safeguarding rural industry Urban growth is critically linked to biosecurity risk, however the extent of this risk is not well understood and efforts to engage urban dwellers in … Read More biosecurity, Cesar Australia, community, diseases, pests Gardening tips, Protect your patch
Published - 30 October 2019 By Lana Russell (Agriculture Victoria) How do pests and diseases get into Australia and how can we detect them? Historically, our country has been protected by its geographic isolation, which means Australia is free today of many of the pests and diseases common to … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, diseases, pests Protect your patch, Resources
Published - 25 October 2019 By Madeleine Quirk (AUSVEG) Why urban gardeners should care about Australia’s biosecurity Australia has a world-class biosecurity system and natural barriers that protect us from exotic pests and diseases, which allows our agriculture industries to thrive. But … Read More AUSVEG, community, diseases, garden, pests Protect your patch
Published - 1 October 2019 By Lana Russell (Agriculture Victoria) Reporting unusual plant pests or diseases Have you spotted an unusual plant pest or disease? You can report these to the Exotic Plant Pest Hotline -1800 084 881. Calls within Victoria … Read More Agriculture Victoria, biosecurity, diseases, exotic, pests Protect your patch, Resources, What bug is that?, What plant disease is that?, Where to go for help
