Published - 30 October 2023 By Jo Chong Wah Episode 21: Zest warrior: Asian citrus psyllid and the CitrusWatch program with Dr Jessica Lye The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 21: Zest warrior: Asian citrus psyllid and the CitrusWatch … Read More acp, asian citrus psyllid, bad bugs, biosecurity, citizen science, citrus, Citrus Australia, citruswatch, pests, podcasts, surveillance The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 - 16 December 2020 By Kellyanne Harris & Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 2: Growing Healthy Citrus Trees in Melbourne with Jeff Milne The Good, The Bad and the Bug-ly, a Podcast series by the Urban Plant Health Network Episode 2: Growing Healthy Citrus Trees in Melbourne with Jeff … Read More citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, pests, plant health, podcasts The Good, The Bad, and the Bug-ly
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 - 1 October 2019 By Jo Chong Wah (Agriculture Victoria) and Jeff Milne (Citrus Australia) Do you have citrus gall wasp in your garden? Citrus gall wasp (Bruchophagus fellis) affects all types of citrus across Australia. The wasp produces lumpy, woody galls around their larvae on branches. The galls … Read More Agriculture Victoria, bad bugs, citrus, Citrus Australia, diseases, garden What bug is that?, What plant disease is that?
