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Managing insect pests in field crops
Integrated pest management (IPM) is an approach that uses a combination of biological, cultural and chemical control methods to reduce insect pest populations. A key aim of IPM is to reduce reliance on insecticides as the sole and primary means of pest control. IPM can improve growers' profitability while reducing environmental damage and limiting the risk of on-farm pesticide exposure.
Insect pest management information provided here is relevant to grain and cotton production in the northern grains region of Queensland and northern New South Wales.
IPM principles
Know your pests and beneficials
- Key pests: aphids | armyworm | Helicoverpa | mealybug | mirids | mites | pod-sucking bugs | whitefly
- A-Z list of insect pests
- A-Z list of predators, parasites and pathogens
- Natural enemies - who eats who?
- Recognising and monitoring soil insects
IPM by crop
- A-Z list of crop information
- Controlling summer pulse pests in wet weather (La Nina summer)
- Grain storage and insect control
Further information
- The Beat Sheet blog (external site)
- Information about frequently performed tasks
- About the northern grain region
- DEEDI field crop entomology contacts
These web pages were made possible through funding from the National Invertebrate Pest Initiative (NIPI), a Grains Research and Development Corporation project. Read more at the NIPI website.