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Resistance: Lucerne’s fightback against insect pests
Season 1
Episode 11
Published 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Description
Chemical resistance has been detected in populations of redlegged earth mites and blue green aphids in new parts of Australia, challenging lucerne producers to consider new methods of crop protection. This episode of Unearthed challenges farmers and industry to move beyond single crop thinking and towards landscape-scale approaches to pest control.