date:Feb 15, 2017
Potato farmers in the south-west of Australia are worried at the recent discovery of a new pest in the country. This comes after the discovery of the tomato potato psyllid at a backyard property in the Perth suburb of Belmont, in tomatoes at two properties in Mount Hawthorn, in chillies at a property in Palmyra, and in a capsicum crop on a commercial property north of Perth.
This is the first time the pest has been detected in Australia. The psyllid is known to attack a range of plants in the S