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MEALYBUG OUTBREAK 2010
Solenopsis Mealybug Identification and Information
Other Mealybug Identification
Contacts (Industry Working Group)
Farm Harvest Hygiene Guidelines
Farm Hygiene Guidelines
Crop Management and IPM Guidelines
Predators control the Burdekin’s mealybugs 19th March 2010 Paul Grundy on CSD Website Web on Wednesday "Solenopsis Mealybug" 24th Feb 2010 CSD Mealybug Update "Cotton Matters 22nd Feb 2010" Cotton Australia Solenopsis mealybug - Have you seen the Solenopsis mealybug? DEEDI fact Sheet More information can be found in the Beat Sheet Blog Exotic mealybug species - a major new pest in cotton Hosted by DEEDI What is solenopsis mealybug? DEEDI and Biosecurity Queensland Fact Sheet
Spread The female mealybug is not active and cannot fly. Juvenile mealybugs called crawlers can crawl from one plant to another. Small crawlers are readily transported by wind, rain, birds, clothing and vehicles.
All cotton growers and picking contractors should download the attached documents, and adhere to the protocol to assist in limiting the spread of Mealybug within the affected areas and to other cotton regions.
Come Clean Go Clean protocol amendments to reduce spread of Mealybug (Central Highlands Cotton Growers and Irrigators Association on the Cotton Australia Web site )
Pulse Permit 12 March 2010 - 31 August 2010 APVMA on Cotton Australia Web Site
EVALUATION OF SELECTED CHEMISTRY FOR DECONTAMINATION OF SOLENOPSIS MEALYBUG ON MACHINERY FINAL REPORT - Trial COT10-1 Melina Miles DEEDI, Agriscience Queensland, Toowoomba on Cotton Australia Site
Content Update: Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Close up of Mealybug crawler on foot ware Photo Stewart Addison Cotton CRC
