Kaniva: Practical Pest Managment strategies for farmers

A workshop to provide farmers with tools to effectively manage pests and minimise the risks of insecticide resistance.

Presenter

Dr Siobhan de Little, Senior Consultant, cesar

Whether it is in the field or lab, Dr Siobhan de Little works hard towards understanding insecticide resistance in crop pests. Her recent research has been focused on insecticide resistance in aphids, and developing strategies to help industry better manage resistant pests.

Dr de Little was part of the research team that identified the presence and mechanism of neonicotinoid resistance in green peach aphid populations in Australia.

Topics

• Differentiating pests from beneficial species
• Pests that build with high stubble loads
• Monitoring methods
• Insecticide resistance in crop pests - update
• Control methods that work best with beneficial insect populations

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