Presentation at the 2013 Australian Summer Grains Conference

I recently presented some of the 'hot off the press' findings from our Grains Research and Development Corporation project 'Pest Suppressive Landscapes'.  The talk was given at the Australian Summer Grains Conference 2013 and uploaded to their website as part of the proceedings.  This is a fantastic way to share the work that we are doing and they have made a great job of the recording. 

Hazel Parry
Pest suppressive landscapes: Understanding the role of habitat on Rutherglen Bug populations

Radio Interview: Pest Suppressive Landscapes

My first radio interview!  This is a summary of where we are at so far with our project on 'Pest Suppressive Landscapes'.  Particularly the relationship between insect pests and predators with non-crop vegetation in the landscape, and how this might be managed to better promote predators.

Please click here to access the mp3 of the interview.

 Image shows two of the 7km radius landscapes (circles) that we studied in Queensland.  We have four more landscapes, two in New South Wales and two in Western Australia.