True bugs fact sheet
Publication date: 1 May 2020
Fact sheet
This resource provides information on the pest true bugs, specifically on their description, the damage they can cause and the maagment strategies growers can use.
It was produced as part of the Hort Innovation Nursery Fund project Building the resilience and on-farm biosecurity capacity of the Australian production nursery industry (NY15002).
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