Jianhua Mo
Dr Jianhua Mo is a research entomologist in horticultural crops. Since joining the Department in 2000, he has led/collaborated in 16 research projects on the IPM of citrus and vegetable pests including citrus gall wasp (Bruchopagus fellis), red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), fuller’s rose weevil (Asynonychus cervinus), light brown apple moth (Epipyas postvittana), spined citrus bug (Birporulus bibax), and onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) in onions.
Dr Mo is currently working on field and landscape management to support beneficial arthropods for IPM on Australian vegetable farms and vulnerability assessment of climate change on horticultural crops. Prior to joining NSW DPI, Dr Mo worked on diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) dispersal and sampling techniques in Brassica crops in SARDI, South Australia, modelling the dieback of eucalypt trees in the CSIRO Division of Entomology in Queensland, and biological control of rubber vine in a weed research centre in Queensland.
Research areas in these projects include pest population dynamics, temperature-dependant development, temporal and spatial distributions, mating disruption, sampling, dispersal, and insecticide efficacy.
Jianhua is based at Yanco Agricultural Institute.
Research Interests
Featured Projects
DisplayingField and landscape management to support beneficial arthropods for IPM on vegetable farms
Field and landscape management to support beneficial arthropods for IPM on vegetable farms
Previous Projects
DisplayingThrips species in NSW Cherries and the timing of associated ring russet injury
Development of phenology models and a timing guide for the management of red scale in Australian citrus
Development of national strategies to manage citrus gall wasp
Establishing Southern Cotton – IPM
Assessing and managing Iris Yellow Spot virus in onion production regions of Australia
Managing pests of quarantine concern for citrus market access
Fruit fly trapping project
Best management options for onion thrips in onion
Recent Publications
Displaying
Effects of simulated seedling defoliation on growth and yield of cotton in southern New South Wales
Crop and Pasture Science69: 915–925.
Attraction of Parastethorus nigripes and other insect species to methyl salicylate and (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate dispensers in a citrus grove and vineyard in south-eastern Australia
Phytoparasitica 45: 639–649
Evaluation of potential biocides for the control of earthworm Eukerria saltensis (Oligochaeta: Ocnerodrilidae), a pest of rice in southern Australia
Crop Protection 84: 159–167
Pest behaviour insights from quarantine surveillance of male Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Crop Protection 62: 55–63
Emergence patterns of adult citrus gall wasp, Bruchophagus fellis (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and its key parasitoids in southern Australia
Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 17: 311–317
Efficacy and environmental fate of copper sulphate applied to Australian rice fields for control of the aquatic snail Isidorella newcombi
Crop Protection 63: 48–56
Professional Associations and Activities
Contact
Email: jianhua.mo@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Research branch: Land Management and Technical Services
Location: Yanco