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BIOSECURITY BULLETIN: Phosphine resistance in focus as growers work to retain storage options

By Shafiya Hussein Grains Biosecurity Officer
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:09pm, first published April 26 2022 - 11:40am
WARNING SIGNS: In some samples analysed from SA farms in 2021, the lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) showed strong resistance to phosphine.
WARNING SIGNS: In some samples analysed from SA farms in 2021, the lesser grain borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) showed strong resistance to phosphine.

South Australian grain growers rely heavily on phosphine to keep stored grain insect free.

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