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PestFacts WA

PestFacts WA is an informative and interactive reporting service on pests and diseases threatening crops and pastures throughout the grain belt of WA. Weekly news updates throughout the growing season provide readers with risk alerts, current information and advice.

April 2025

PestFacts WA Issue 2, 11 April 2025

Now is the time to patch bait snails
Which app should I use to identify and report insect pests and diseases?
PestFacts WA webinar recording can now be viewed online

March 2025

PestFacts WA Issue 1, 31 March 2025

Enhancing aphid and virus control in canola: beyond seed treatments 
Free seed testing for virus infections in pulses   
2025 autumn winter insecticide guide: key updates and registration changes 
Get to know your beneficials: predatory carabid beetles 

November 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 21, 8 November 2024

Strategies for disease management in 2025 
Fusarium crown rot
Phomopsis on lupins and its impact on livestock grazing 
Final PestFacts WA newsletter for 2024! 

October 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 20, 25 October 2024

Powdery mildew found in canola
Native budworm caterpillar numbers still rising in central and southern agricultural regions 
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October 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 19, 18 October 2024

Avoid snail contamination at harvest
Distinguishing armyworm from other caterpillars in cereal crops 
Native budworm caterpillar numbers have increased in canola, pulse and wheat crops 
Predicting next year’s insect pests this harvest 
Alternaria black spot in canola

October 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 18, 4 October 2024

Mind chemical withholding periods for native budworm sprays
Smuts in cereals – this year and going forward

September 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 17, 20 September 2024

Aphid activity update 
Check your crops for native budworm caterpillars
Diamondback moth and other caterpillars found in crops
Identifying and managing rusts in cereals
Diagnose patchy crops to form strategies for next season
Using automated spore trapping to track crop...

September 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 16, 13 September 2024

Native budworm moth activity update
Protecting grain: ensure clean augers, field bins and silos against insects
Monitor oat and wheat  crops for rusts
Bean yellow mosaic virus and botrytis grey mould in lupins

September 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 15, 10 September 2024

Increase in diamondback moth numbers
Beneficial insects are active in canola crops
Basal sclerotinia stem rot in lupins and vetch 
PestFacts WA webinar recording can now be viewed online

August 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 14, 23 August 2024

Diamondback moth activity is increasing in some crops
Spring control of redlegged earth mites
High turnip yellows virus levels detected in canola crops in the Geraldton port zone 

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