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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.

May 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 2, 17 May 2024

Weevils are damaging moisture stressed canola
Snails have started to lay eggs 
Caterpillar pests – how to recognise them in your crop
Field pea blackspot disease forecasts for WA are available online
PestFacts WA webinar recording can now be viewed online

May 2024

PestFacts WA Issue 1, 3 May 2024

Now is the time to patch bait snails
Redlegged earth mites are hatching
Early pest alert - Rutherglen bugs
Mid-West canola growers should monitor for Dongara weevil
Updated insecticide guide 2024 and changes to insecticide registrations
Free insect identification service...

November 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 21, 10 November 2023

Final PestFacts WA newsletter for 2023!
Virus surveillance and aphid monitoring findings
Dongara weevil investigation update
Green bridge management over summer

October 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 20, 27 October 2023

Armyworm in cereals
Diamondback moth surveillance summary
WA’s native budworm trapping program finishes next week
Free seed testing for virus infections in pulses
Loose smut webinar

October 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 19, 6 October 2023

Native budworm monitoring and management in maturing crops
Barley leaf rust
Fusarium crown rot

September 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 18, 22 September 2023

Cereal cyst nematodes

September 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 17, 15 September 2023

Aphid activity update
Diamondback moth numbers remain low
Native budworm caterpillar update

September 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 16, 8 September 2023

Why is my crop patchy? Diagnose soilborne diseases to form strategies for next season
Flag smut in wheat
Wheat leaf rust update
Protecting grain: Ensure clean augers, field bins and silos against insects

September 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 15, 1 September 2023

Spring control of redlegged earth mites
Cabbage leafminer
Monitor for slugs now to prepare for next season
Native budworm update
Barley loose smut – this year and going forward

August 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 14, 25 August 2023

Cabbage aphids have been increasing in canola
Powdery mildew in multiple crop species
Preventing grain staining in oats from Septoria avenae blotch

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