Is native budworm targeting wheat crops?

摘要

GROWERS are being encouraged to monitor wheat crops in areas with high native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera) activity, with reports of the pest - which is not commonly found in cereal crops - in very high numbers in the Geraldton port zone of WA inrecent seasons.Research into native budworm activity from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), with investment from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), was presented earlier this year at the GRDC Grains Research Update in Northampton.