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In Victoria, the Incidence of Sirex Over Summer 2001-2002 Remained Primary Industries Standing Committee Forestry and Forest Products Committee Research Priorities and Co-ordination Committee RESEARCH WORKING GROUP 7 FOREST HEALTH Annual Pest and Disease Status Report for Australia and New Zealand 2003-2004 October 2004 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................7 PURPOSE ...............................................................................................................................................7 AUSTRALIA ..........................................................................................................................................8 VICTORIA..............................................................................................................................................8 PLANTATIONS.......................................................................................................................................8 Pinus spp.........................................................................................................................................8 Insect Pests.................................................................................................................................................8 Sirex noctilio (Sirex wood wasp)..........................................................................................................8 Ips grandicollis (Fivespined Bark Beetle) and other bark beetle species ..............................................8 Essigella californica (Monterey Pine Aphid) ........................................................................................9 Diseases .....................................................................................................................................................9 Dothistroma ..........................................................................................................................................9 Cyclaneusma Needle Cast.....................................................................................................................9 Other .....................................................................................................................................................9 Bursaphelenchus ...................................................................................................................................9 Eucaluyptus spp. ...........................................................................................................................10 Insect Pests............................................................................................................................................... 10 Mnesampela privata (Autumn Gum Moth)......................................................................................... 10 Chrysophtharta and Paropsis (Chrysomelid Leaf beetles) .................................................................. 10 Perga spp. (Sawflies) .......................................................................................................................... 11 Phorocantha spp. (Longicorn Borers) ................................................................................................. 11 Cardiaspina spp. (Psyllids).................................................................................................................. 11 Other Pests of Eucalypts ..................................................................................................................... 12 Diseases ................................................................................................................................................... 13 Mycosphaerella leaf diseases.............................................................................................................. 13 NATIVE FORESTS (EUCALYPTUS SPP.) .................................................................................................13 Didymuria violescens (Spurlegged Phasmatid) .................................................................................. 13 Cardiaspina bilobata (Mountain ash psyllid)....................................................................................... 13 Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle (Chrysophtharta agricola).............................................................................. 13 Cardiaspina retator (Red gum basket lerp).......................................................................................... 14 Doratifera vulnerans (Mottled cup moth)............................................................................................ 14 Diseases .............................................................................................................................................. 16 NURSERIES .........................................................................................................................................16 Conifer ..........................................................................................................................................16 Eucalypt ........................................................................................................................................16 NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITIES............................................................................................................16 URBAN ...............................................................................................................................................16 MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE .....................................................................................................17 Lymantria dispar (Asian Gypsy Moth) ............................................................................................... 17 Plantations and Native Forests Monitoring......................................................................................... 17 NEW SOUTH WALES ........................................................................................................................18 PLANTATIONS.....................................................................................................................................18 Pinus spp.......................................................................................................................................18 Insect Pests............................................................................................................................................... 18 Sirex noctilio (Sirex wood wasp) (DW).............................................................................................. 18 Ips grandicollis (Fivespined bark beetle) and other bark beetles ........................................................ 20 Essigella californica (Monterey pine aphid) ....................................................................................... 20 Diseases ................................................................................................................................................... 21 Dothistroma septosporum (Dothistroma needle blight & cast) ........................................................... 21 Cyclaneusma minus ............................................................................................................................ 21 Sphaeropsis sapinea (=Diplodia) ........................................................................................................ 21 Armillaria novae-zelandiae................................................................................................................. 21 Phytophthora cinnamomi.................................................................................................................... 21 Environmental (drought, frost, fire, nutrient, weeds, etc.)........................................................................ 21 Vertebrate pests........................................................................................................................................ 21 Possum................................................................................................................................................ 21 Wallaby............................................................................................................................................... 22 Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas fir) ............................................................................................22 2 Diseases ................................................................................................................................................... 22 Phaecryptogus gaeumannii (Swiss needle cast) .................................................................................. 22 Insect pests............................................................................................................................................... 22 Adelges cooleyi (Cooley spruce gall aphid)........................................................................................ 22 Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii)...........................................................................................22 Eucalyptus species ........................................................................................................................22 Insect Pests............................................................................................................................................... 22 Mnesampela
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