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
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).
- Establishment pests (north)
- Establishment pests (south)
- Canola
- Sorghum (north)
- Summer pulses
- Sunflower (north)
- Winter cereals (north)
- Winter pulses (south)
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
Useful links
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. See the Resources section for a selection of guides, videos and links to other information sources.
