The ootheca of Libyaspis flavosparsa (Montandon)(Heteroptera: Plataspidae), with a review of ootheca-production in Heteroptera and other Insecta

J Vilímová, C Weirauch, P Janšta - Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2023 - Elsevier
Parental care behaviours including the defence of oviposited eggs are common strategies to
increase the fitness of offspring in animals. Among insects, Hemiptera, the true bugs …

The spread of mealybug-associated pasture dieback into the New South Wales wet subtropics

AJ Gibson, H McGregor, TJ Rose… - Australian …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Pasture dieback is a disorder that displays as an abrupt discolouring of leaves in many
pasture grasses. It often results in plant death, leading to loss of pasture productivity. In …

Mapping pasture dieback impact and recovery using an aerial imagery time series: a central Queensland case study

PB McKenna, N Ufer, V Glenn, N Dale… - Crop and Pasture …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Pasture dieback has emerged as a significant threat to the health and productivity of
sown pastures in eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. Aims We …

Pasture Mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei) host range, microbiome and endosymbiont cophylogeny

Y Hernandez-Europa - 2024 - eprints.qut.edu.au
Pasture dieback is a devastating grass condition that has caused an estimated AU $2 billion
of damage to the Queensland grazing industry and is now conclusively associated with the …

Australian Grassland Association Research Symposium 2021: Resilience in the Face of Change–Pastures for the Future

B Cullen, M Norton, K Reed - Crop & Pasture Science, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Pasture-based animal production systems must continue to evolve to meet the challenges of
the future, including feeding a growing global population and maintaining or improving …