Resources - IPM Guidelines For Grains

In addition to the customised workbooks, participants at the 2013-15 ‘Decision making for insect management’ workshops were provided with a range of additional reference material.

On this page:

“Best bet” IPM strategies

North region insect management manuals

I-spy manual

Insectopedia

Useful links

Further reading

See also individual Workshop presentations.

‘Best bet’ IPM strategies

These IPM strategies have been developed to highlight the crop stages with increased risk of pest pressure, and summarise the range of activities available to mitigate the risk of damage (available as pdf files ~150kB each).

See also Economic threshold ready reckoners (quick reference tables for key insect pests) – June 2013, 190 kB PDF

North region manuals

These manuals gather together the latest insect pest management information relevant to the Northern region.

Chickpea (March 2013) – 2.2 MB PDF
Maize (March 2013) – 740 kB PDF
Insect identification and management in pulses (Good Bug? Bad Bug? book – March 2013, available from the Beatsheet website)
Sorghum (March 2013) – 1.1 MB PDF
Sunflower (March 2013) – 1.7 MB PDF
Winter cereals (July 2013) – 1.8 MB PDF

I SPY manual

Published in 2012, I SPY is a comprehensive 212-page resource manual for southern Australian broadacre farmers and advisers covering basic taxonomy, important insect groups and identification keys, and descriptions of common species, as well as information on monitoring, IPM principles, and biosecurity.

To download a pdf of the manual, order hard copies, or for more information, visit the GRDC website.

The I SPY manual includes:

Introduction
Basic insect taxonomy, external anatomy, lifecycles and development
Important insect groups and identification keys
Common pest, beneficial and exotic species
IPM principles and case studies
Monitoring, record keeping, sampling techniques and economic thresholds
Biosecurity
Glossary

Insectopedia

An electronic insect pest management manual for the major pests of southern Australian grain growing and grazing regions, Insectopedia was originally released as a CD. Visit insectopedia online.

Each pest is described and illustrated in detail with an overview, a description of identifiable features, biology, damage (including crops affected), and control (monitoring, sampling methods, control thresholds where available).
© State of Victoria Department of Primary Industries (2000). Reproduced with permission.

Useful links

Links to websites, fact sheets and other information of interest. Click on an image or link to open the relevant website.

The Beatsheet blog

The Beatsheet blog is a website about insect pest management issues relevant to Australia’s northern grain region of Queensland and northern New South Wales. The blog provides technical information, pest risk alerts, and practical management information about a range of insect pests that have the potential to significantly reduce productivity and profits for the industry.

Pestfacts

PestFacts is a FREE electronic newsletter service, designed to keep broadacre growers and advisers informed about invertebrate pest-related issues and solutions as they emerge during the growing season. Two separate editions are available: South Australia + western Victoria, and south-eastern Australia.

State Department and cesar websites

These websites contain a variety of insect identification and management information.

Threshold calculators

Available at the Beatsheet blog, calculators for Helicoverpa in chickpeas and sorghum, and sorghum midge can be used on-line, and users with the latest browser versions of Internet Explorer (9+), Chrome, Firefox or Safari, the calculator can also be used offline.

GRDC information products

GRDC’s website provides links to a wide range of factsheets, publications and other tools, including their new GrowNotes online flip-books and Back pocket guides. For more information, visit the resources section of the GRDC website.

Useful apps

A variety of entomology and pest management apps are currently available for both Apple and Android. These are constantly being updated, and new apps added.

The GRDC has supported the development of several apps, including Insect ID: The Ute Guide. For more information, and links to the Android and iTunes versions, visit the GRDC website.

Entomological supplies

Suppliers of equipment for sampling, such as hand lenses, microscopes, beat sheets, sweep nets and more…

Other information sources

Insect identification resources (CSIRO) – includes ‘What bug is that?’
Entomology Australia (University of Queensland)
Insect & mite control in field crops – NSW Primary Industries
Good Bug? Bad Bug? insect identification in pulses – available from the Beatsheet’s resources page.
Ispray — farm chemical application factsheets, calculators and other tools (Bill Gordon Consulting)