~ FACT SHEETS ~

The following fact sheets have been put together to assist vegetables growers recognise and monitor for exotic pests of concern to their industry.  It is recommended that your staff, in particular those that carry out your crop monitoring be familiar with these pests.  It is also worth ensuring staff are aware of actions to take if they do find a pest that is unusual to them. 

 

1. Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus (Crinivirus CYSDV)

2. Banded Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica balteata LeConte)

3. Sweet Potato Weevil (Cylas formicarius)

4. Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera subsp.virgifera)

5. Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineloaris)

6. Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus (CGMMV)

7. Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae)

8. Capsicum Chlorosis Virus (CaCV)

9. Flea Beetles (Epitrix spp.)

10. Viroids (Family Pospiviroidae)

11. Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii)

12. Vegetable Leaf Miners (Liriomyza spp.)

13. Root Knot Nemotode (Meloidogyne enterolobii)

14. Cucurbit Beetle (Diabrotica speciossa)

15. Red Spider Mite (Tetranychus evansi)

 

 

 

Posted 15 months ago by Default Admin