Publication Date
2024
Publisher
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia
City
Perth
Abstract
Slugs and snails cause damage to all broadacre crops. Numbers of slugs and snails have increased in broadacre cropping in Western Australia (WA) with the use of minimum tillage and stubble-retention practices. These systems increase the organic content of paddocks and soil moisture content, leading to higher survival levels of slugs and snails.
Slug and snail pests in Australia have come from other countries, mainly in the Mediterranean region. They have similar lifecycles, which means similar management techniques can be employed to control them in broadacre crops.
Effective management requires application of controls that coincide with different phases of the pest’s lifecycle. Each of the control measures outlined in this factsheet, if applied only by themselves, are unlikely to provide optimum control. An integrated approach needs to be considered to protect crops from damage by slugs and/or snails.
Number of Pages
11
Keywords
pest slugs, snails, broadacre crops, Western Australia, pest management
Disciplines
Agricultural Education | Biosecurity | Entomology
Recommended Citation
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia.
(2024), Pest slugs and snails and their management in broadacre crops. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Report.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_factsheets/5
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