Integrated surveillance and monitoring program for endemic insects in canola and a native budworm moth trapping program in WA.
Document Type
Collection
Publication Title
Integrated surveillance and monitoring program for endemic insects in canola and a native budworm moth trapping program in WA.
Abstract
The collection contains the datasets on a surveillance and monitoring program for incidence and severity of endemic insects of canola (native budworm, diamondback moth, aphids and beneficial insects), and native budworm moth numbers recorded in a trapping program in the GRDC Western Region.
DOI
To be provided
Publication Date
2024
Keywords
Insect surveillance, Grain crops, Western Australia, Insect incidence
Disciplines
Agriculture
Recommended Citation
Warden, D,
Kidd, J,
Hills, A,
and
Valentine, C.
(2024), Integrated surveillance and monitoring program for endemic insects in canola and a native budworm moth trapping program in WA.. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Collection.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/ba_grdc_ds/5
Funder
GRDC
Grant
DAW2404-005RTX
ROR of Contributing Organisation
https://ror.org/01awp2978
Spatial Coverage
Western Australian grainbelt encompassing Albany port zone, Esperance port zone, Geraldton port zone, Kwinana port zone, Western Australia
Comments
Staff visited sentinel sites across the WA port zones (Albany, Geraldton, Esperance and Kwinana) from July to October. On a fortnightly basis staff monitored; native budworm (moths and larvae), diamondback moth (moths and larvae), aphids and beneficials insects in commercial canola crops.
Data was collected using the Fulcrum App and saved in Excel spreadsheets.
A native budworm trapping surveillance program with volunteer grower-trappers was run from June to the end of October. Traps were set up in commercial host crops; canola, lupin, lentil and vetch. Weekly and/or fortnightly moth capture numbers were recorded in an Excel spreadsheet.