There are some things that are cute to us like ladybirds — but not if you're a tomato potato psyllid, a wasp-like pest that can halve crop yields.
A West Australian researcher has demonstrated that ladybirds and their offspring can be trained to target prey.Farmers say spray-free farming means customers must be prepared to accept some blemishes on produce.
First identified in WA in 2017, TPPs are a wasp-like pest that can halve yields when it infests tomato, potato, capsicum, chilli, eggplant and sweet potato crops. With many pest species developing a resistance to pesticides, Mr Sarkar said his research was part of a global trend towards biological control using natural enemies.
The property is home to a distillery, artisanal dairy and market garden where Mr Doepel practices spray-free agroecological farming to carefully balance "good" and "bad" insects."There are some things that are cute to us like ladybirds, but if you're a psyllid or something else that they eat, then they might as well be a white pointer shark because they're ferocious," he said.
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