Riverton, mid-North South Australia
Sentinel 1 will monitor & report the presence of cereal and pulse pests & pathogens at this site in the […]
Sentinel 1 will monitor & report the presence of cereal and pulse pests & pathogens at this site in the mid-North at Riverton in South Australia. During this trial, we’ll be comparing our observations to disease symptoms within several crops surveyed by Blake Gontar and Sara Blake (SARDI) as part of a GRDC project. We’ll also be sharing information through PIRSA newsletters, PestFacts & CropWatch
Insect pests targeted
Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia)
Oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi)
Corn aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis)
Rose-grain aphid (Metopolophium dirhodum)
Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci)
Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis)
Green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula)
Green mirid (Creontiades dilutus)
Fungal pathogens targeted
Ascochyta blight of peas (Didymella pinodes/Phoma pinodella)
Ascochyta blight of lentils (Ascochyta lentis)
Net form of net blotch of barley (Pyrenophora teres f. teres)
Spot type net blotch of barley (Pyrenophora teres f. maculata)
Blackleg of canola (Leptosphaeria maculans)
Septoria tritici blotch (STB) (Zymoseptoria tritici)
Chocolate spot of fava bean (Botrytis fabae)
Botrytis grey mould (Botryitis cinerea)
White grain disorder (E. tritici-australis)
White grain disorder (E. darliae/ pseudodarliae)
Sclerotinia white rot (Sclerotinia minor &/ S. sclerotiorum)
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