Integrated Pest Management in Lettuce I
Project Name |
Integrated Pest Management in Lettuce I, 1998–2001 |
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Coordinator | Sandra McDougall, Technical Specialist (Vegetables), Yanco. |
Project Team | Andrew Watson, Tony Napier, Joe Valenzisi, Meryl Snudden (NSW Agriculture), John Duff, Tom Franklin (QDPI). |
Description | Collaboratively develop an integrated pest management program for field grown lettuce. |
Activities & Outcomes | Survey pest and disease incidence in Hay NSW and Lockyer Valley QLD.
Develop and trial crop monitoring protocols. Field trial new generation chemistry and biological pest control agents for registration, i.e. Bt's, Gemstar, Avatar, Success. Field trial spray application equipment and test for relative efficacy. Conduct grower meetings, crop monitoring, pest and disease identification workshops, and spray application workshops. Hosted the first national lettuce conference. Published the Lettuce IPM Primefact. Final Report for VG98048 is available from Horticulture Australia (www.horticulture.com.au) |