This page provides video or slide show resources related to webinars and other presentations by DAF Entomology staff.
Fall armyworm update (with a focus on winter fodder and grain crops)
Presentation by Melina Miles in April 2024
GRDC Grains Research Update – FAW management considerations and risk assessment – 23 February 2024
Topics covered include Agronomist experience with FAW this season (Ross Pomroy, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Dalby); The relationship between canopy damage and yield. Insights from current threshold trials with maize and sorghum (Joe Eyre, University of Qld, QAAFI); and Key management considerations and risk assessment for FAW (Melina Miles, Qld Department of Agriculture and Fisheries)
NSW DPI & QDAF autumn insect webinar – 4 May 2023
Zorica Duric (NSW DPI) and Melina Miles and Tonia Grundy (DAF) provide an update on key summer pests and prospects for the upcoming season on aphids, establishment pests, and other things to be aware of. Recorded May 2023 (59 minutes). Links to further information are provided in the video’s description on the NSW DPI’s YouTube channel (at https://youtu.be/_JDWNGExq-s).
Pest prospects for spring – 8 September 2022
Online update presented by Melina Miles, Hugh Brier and Adam Quade (DAF) and Zorica Duric (NSW DPI) on potential pest issues this year following the recent wetter seasons in many areas. (46 mins)
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Older presentations
- Invertebrate pest management in maize (August 2020)
- Fall armyworm (August 2020)
- Field crop pests (NSW) (June 2020)
- Northern Grains Region Seasonal Update (Qld) (May 2020)
- FAW Q&A session (May 2020)
- RWA as a pest in the northern grains region (July 2017)
- Preparing for Russian Wheat Aphid (RWA) in the northern grains region (January 2017)