PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds

PLANT PROTECTION 1 – Pests, Diseases and Weeds
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES
By the end of this topic, you should be able to do
the following:
1. List local pest vertebrates.
2. Describe identifying features of vertebrate
pest damage to selected crops.
3. Recognize by sight, damage to ornamental
plants, fruit, vegetables and other crops by
local pest vertebrates.
4. Compare bird damage to fruit with
environmental damage, hail damage.
5. Name vertebrate pests in Australia which are
controlled to some extent by biological
control agents.
6. Explain why physical & mechanical
methods of control are widely used to control
vertebrate pests.
.7. Describe State/Territory/Commonwealth
legislation for the control of a local pest
species.
8. Provide the active constituent, some trade names,
mode of action and some uses for selected
rodenticides, bird repellents, dog and cat
repellents belonging to the following groups:
Rodenticides
Anticoagulant
Bird repellents Dog & cat
repellents
Taste repellent Taste repellent
Smell repellent Smell repellent
Perch treatment
9. Provide options for controlling local pest
vertebrates including:
Mice and rats in a greenhouse
Mice damaging stored seed
Birds damaging cherry crops
Possums eating walnuts
Fruit bats damaging ornamental trees
Cockatoos damaging ornamental trees
Birds nesting in urban street trees
10. Prepare/access an IPM. program for a
vertebrate pest at your work or in your region.
11. Locate reference material and know where
to obtain advice on the control of rats, mice and
other local pest vertebrates.
SELECTED REFERENCES
IACRC (The Invasive Animal Cooperative Research
Centre) www.invasiveanimals.com/
Vertebrate pests www.agriculture.gov.au/
Controlling pest animals www.daff.gov.au/animalplant-health/welfare/nccaw/guidelines/pest
Animal welfare www.daff.gov.au/animal-plant-health/
Threat abatement plans
www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/tap.html
Feral animals www.daff.gov.au/brs/land/feral-animals
and search for:
APAMP (Australian Pest Animal Management Program) which
replaces the National Feral Animal Control Program
(NFACP)
PESTPLAN (A guide to setting priorities and developing a
management plan for pest animals),
NCCAW (National Consultative Committee on Animal
Welfare)
Fact Sheets and Vertebrate Pest control manuals by
State/Territory Depts of Primary Industries are
available online, eg
Rabbits, Mice, Feral Goats, Mice, Foxes, etc.
Legislation
Legislation - State/Territory and Council websites
EPBC Act (Environment Protection and Biodiversity
Conservation Act 1999) www.environment.gov.au/
Keys
Lucid keys www.cbit.uq.edu.au/
Key to the Pest Rodents of Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Quarantine
Commonwealth quarantine www.daff.gov.au/aqis
Target lists of weeds, insects, plant and animal pests and
diseases. www.daff.gov.au and search for target lists
Rodenticides,
Local Councils/Shires
Pubcris. APVMA. Canberra www.apvma.gov.au
Infopest, Qld www.dpi.qld.gov.au/infopest
Croplife Australia www.cropelifeaustralia.org.au/
MSDS www.msds.com.au/
Company websites make labels and MSDSs available
General
Breed, B. & Ford, F. 2007. Native Mice and Rats.
CSIRO Pub., Melbourne.
Caughley, J., Bomford, M., Parker, B., Sinclair. R.,
Griffiths, J. and Kelly, D. 1998. Managing
Vertebrate Pests : Rodents. BRS, Canberra.
Gerozisis, J. & Hadlington, P. 2008. Urban Pest
Management in Australia. 5 th revised edn. UNSW
Press, Sydney.
Hall, L. & Richards, G. 2000. Flying Foxes : Fruit and
Blossom Bats of Australia. UNSW Press, Sydney.
Hone, J. 2007. Wildlife Damage Control. CSIRO Pub.,
Melbourne.
McCarthy, P. & Bache, S. 2010. Managing Pest Birds.
UNSW Press, Sydney.
Oliver, K.J. Wheeler, S. H. & Gooding, CD. 1982. Field
Evaluation of 1080 and Pindone Oat Bait, and the
Possible Decline in Effectiveness of Poison Baiting
for the Control of the Rabbit, Oryctolagus
Cuniculus. Aust. Wildlife Research 9(1) 125-134.
Olsen, P. 1998. Australia’s Pest Animals : New
Solutions to Old Problems. Kangaroo Press, Sydney.
Singleton, G. R., Hinds, L. A., Leirs, H. & Zhang, Z.
2000. Ecologically-based Rodent Management.
ACIAR, Canberra.
Tracey, J., Bomford, M., Hart, Q., Saunders, G. &
Sinclair, R. 2007. Managing Bird Damage to Fruit
and Other Horticultural Crops. Bureau of Rural
Resources, Canberra.
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