High priority pest Lygus: the American experience

CottonInfo: Crop to Top

With Version 4 of the Biosecurity Plan for the Australian Cotton Industry recently released, the CottonInfo team is on a mission to get a better understanding of pests that have been identified as Cotton Industry High Priority Pests; the ones we know are already doing damage in other parts of the world and have the potential to impact our crop should it arrive on our doorstep.

The first pest we're looking at is Lygus (plant bugs) that's causing ongoing issues to cotton crops across the United States of America.
Listen to our in-depth chat with IPM specialist, Professor Peter Ellsworth from the University of Arizona for an overview of Lygus, the impact it's having on cotton growers in America, how they're attempting to manage it - and how Australia's cotton industry can best prepare.