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Wheat aphids are well known pests of the cereal crop -- causing up to 20 to 80% loss of wheat yield, particularly in Pakistan where over 26.3 million tons of wheat was produced in 2017-18 and ...
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In wheat fields, Whitworth noted several pests ... the berries from flowering to soft dough.” Sugarcane aphids are another pest commonly associated with sorghum. They produce large quantities ...
A national management group has declared the pest Russian wheat aphid (RWA) endemic and unlikely to be eradicated. The cereal crop aphid was first found in South Australia's mid-north on May 13 ...
Rothamsted Research appealed for growers and agronomists to send in aphid samples taken from wheat crops at Cereals 2025.
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Authorities have declared an invasive pest which can devastate wheat crops is here to stay. The Russian wheat aphid was first found a month ago in South Australia and it has now ...
She said it was a pest of winter cereals, and different crops had a range of tolerances or susceptibility to the aphid, with barley durum wheat and wheat more susceptible. Dr Miles said they were ...
The aphid, found in most major wheat-growing countries overseas, was yesterday unusually declared a pest that couldn’t be eradicated or contained, a mere four weeks after its detection.
FARMERS have been urged to keep a close eye on their emerging crops after the detection for the first time in Australia of the Russian wheat ... aphid at several sites in the Mid North. The exotic ...
Wheat aphids are well known pests of the cereal crop - causing up to 20 to 80% loss of wheat yield, particularly in Pakistan where over 26.3 million tons of wheat was produced in 2017-18 and where ...