Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of tables

List of insect plates

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Pest management and IPM

Chapter 3 Pests

Why do some insects and mites become pests?

Factors that increase pest pressure

Environmental factors beyond our control

Thresholds

Descriptions of pest species

Resident pests

Transient pests

Chapter 4 Biological controls

Definitions

Resident beneficials

Transient species

Generalist predator

Specialist parasite

Introduced/exotic

Descriptions of beneficial species

Brown lacewings

Carabid beetles

Damsel bugs

Shield bugs

Predatory earwigs

Predatory mites

Parasitic wasps

Ladybird beetles

Hoverflies

Spiders

Chapter 5: Cultural controls

Definitions

Examples of cultural control

Tillage

Burning

Rotation

Variety selection

Time of planting

Location

Weed management

Intercropping: trap crops

Provision of alternative food sources

Tree planting

Beetle banks

Physical barriers

Integration of cultural controls

Applying knowledge of cultural controls

Chapter 6: Chemical (pesticide) controls

Introduction

Effects of pesticides on beneficial species

How do you decide if a product is safe for beneficial species in agriculture?

Pesticides and organics

Pesticide options where no selective product is available

Pesticides and IPM

Chapter 7: Monitoring and getting started

What to look for

Who should monitor the crops?

Selecting your first IPM paddocks

How to monitor a paddock

When to monitor

Recording information

Decision making

When to use a pesticide and what to use

Specific examples of monitoring with some selected scenarios

Scenario 1: Canola

Scenario 2: Summer brassicas

Scenario 3: Cereals

Scenario 4: New lucerne

Chapter 8: Case studies and examples

Further sources

References

Index