Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia

The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the conditions that lead to the mite Balaustium medicagoense to cause crop damage and to develop sustainable management strategies. The main factor that influences B. medicagoense abundance is the presence of plant hosts between cropping se...

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Main Author: Micic, Svetlana
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79205
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description The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the conditions that lead to the mite Balaustium medicagoense to cause crop damage and to develop sustainable management strategies. The main factor that influences B. medicagoense abundance is the presence of plant hosts between cropping seasons. Management strategies need to rely on cultural controls such as decreasing available plant hosts, using cropping rotations to suppress mite populations as chemical control options are limited
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-792052020-05-14T10:12:59Z Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia Micic, Svetlana The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the conditions that lead to the mite Balaustium medicagoense to cause crop damage and to develop sustainable management strategies. The main factor that influences B. medicagoense abundance is the presence of plant hosts between cropping seasons. Management strategies need to rely on cultural controls such as decreasing available plant hosts, using cropping rotations to suppress mite populations as chemical control options are limited 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79205 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Micic, Svetlana
Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia
title Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia
title_full Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia
title_fullStr Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia
title_full_unstemmed Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia
title_short Management of the broad-acre pest mite Balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern Western Australia
title_sort management of the broad-acre pest mite balaustium medicagoense in the high rainfall areas of southern western australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79205