Cotton's green mirid to be trapped by UNE pheromone lure

Sharon O'Keeffe
Updated October 5 2018 - 2:46pm, first published August 11 2018 - 9:00am
MILLION DOLLAR PEST: Green mirids, (Creontiades dilutes) are an economic pest of Australian cotton crops.
MILLION DOLLAR PEST: Green mirids, (Creontiades dilutes) are an economic pest of Australian cotton crops.

BUG CHECKERS might soon have one less job in the cotton paddock with a pheromone trap for mirids on the cusp of commercialisation. 

Sharon O'Keeffe

Sharon O'Keeffe

National Agriculture Writer - Farm Machinery and Technology

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