A new whitefly for NSW - The Ash Whitefly
All whiteflies are best identified by their pupae, small immobile structures 1.5 mm long usually clustered on the underside of the leaves of its host. Ash Whitefly pupae characteristically appear to have greyish bands on a pale/whitish body. ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
The Olive Bud Mite: A new mite pest on Australian Olives
Olive bud mites are extremely small and very difficult to see without magnification. They average in length from 0.1 to 0.2 mm and are yellow to amber in colour, flattened and pear-shaped. They only have two pairs of legs which are located at the ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Danuta Knihinicki
Danuta K. Knihinicki has been with NSW Agriculture since 1989 working on the taxonomy of plant-feeding mites and their predators. She worked with Dr Eberhard Schicha, a world authority on the predatory mite family Phytoseiidae, until he retired ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Western Flower Thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande, 1895) (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) Pronotum with 2 pairs of large setae on anterior margin. Ctenidia present on tergite VIII and it lies anterior to spiracle. Ocellar setae not arising within ocellar triangle. ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
The soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, present in Australia
Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute The soybean aphid is a small aphid, pale yellow in life, with black siphunculi and pale cauda (See Pic). No other aphid living on soybeans has the same combination of size ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Argentine Ant
Argentine ants are one of the world's worst ant pests. They were first reported in New South Wales at North Auburn, a suburb of Sydney, in April 1950 but there is no doubt that they had been present in several other suburbs for many years before ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Digging Deeper - Bulbs: How to keep them healthy
Bulbs are not generally afflicted with lots of diseases or insect pest vectors. They grow rapidly flower, then die down and in doing so conserve their resources, concealing them from most insects. In common with many plants, pests and diseases ... [... more]
Green Fingers AU |
Peter Gillespie
Peter Gillespie graduated with a B.Sc. from University of New England in 1983, majoring in entomology and worked from 1984-1987 as technical officer at University of NSW where his computer skills were developed. Peter has been with NSW ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Australian Journal of Entomology
Murray Fletcher graduated from the University of Sydney in 1974 and completed a PhD in the Zoology Department of the same University in 1978. Both his honours project and his doctoral research were on Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, the former a ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
HortNews - MAF Investigates Illegal Grape Smuggling Claims
The alleged smuggling into New Zealand of cloned rootstocks by a winemaker has potentially exposed the entire wine industry to new pests and diseases, grapegrowers warned today. WELLINGTON 7/3/2002 - The alleged smuggling into New Zealand of ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
South Island MP Wants Cook Strait Biosecurity Control
South Island councils should be looking at stopping or slowing the spread of agricultural pests and diseases from the North Island, MP Eric Roy says. INVERCARGILL 8/3/2001 - South Island councils should be looking at stopping or slowing the ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
HortFACT - Plant Health of Greenhouse Capsicums
Plant health problems affecting capsicum crops can be divided into two groups: 1) pests and diseases that are caused by living organisms, and 2) disorders brought about by chemical or physical causes. Pests include insects and mites. Diseases are ... [... more]
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