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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 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 2, 21 April 2023

Mites and lucerne flea have started hatching
European and native earwigs
Slugs and snails have started to lay eggs
PestFacts WA webinar

April 2023

PestFacts WA Issue 1, 6 April 2023

Now is the time to bait snails
Black Portuguese Millipedes
Green bridge surveillance findings
2023 autumn winter insecticide spray guide is now available
Pre-season climate and insect webinars recordings are available online
Canola blackleg risk forecasts
Managing...

November 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 21, 18 November 2022

Final PestFacts WA newsletter for 2022!Final PestFacts WA newsletter for 2022!
Green bridge management over summer
PestFacts WA continues successful collaboration with Agworld and Back Paddock

November 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 20, 4 November 2022

Phomopsis can be a risk when grazing lupin stubble
PREDICTA®B Root disease risk management courses in Perth
Meet PestFacts WA team member – Dusty Severtson

October 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 19, 21 October 2022

Monitor for slugs now to prepare for next season
WA’s Native budworm moth trapping is nearly finished for 2022
Green peach aphid resistance testing

October 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 18, 7 October 2022

Avoid snail contamination at harvest
Be mindful of chemical withholding periods if spraying for native budworm
Glume blotch and false (pseudo) black chaff in wheat
Powdery mildew found in canola and lupin
Rhizoctonia bare patches are common this year

September 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 17, 23 September 2022

Armyworm update
Clean augers, field bins and silos to prevent insects contaminating grain
Flag smut in wheat
PestFacts WA Reporter app now available for android devices

September 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 16, 9 September 2022

Spring control of redlegged earth mites
Native budworm update
Botrytis grey mould
Anthracnose and Phomopsis in lupins
Leaf rust in oats and wheat

September 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 15, 2 September 2022

Managing diamondback moths late in the season
Chocolate spot in faba beans
Loose smut in barley

August 2022

PestFacts WA Issue 14, 26 August 2022

Russian wheat aphid activity update
Native budworm moth numbers are increasing
Beneficials insecticide toxicity table
Late season wheat powdery mildew management
 

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