WISALTS column - Seminar airs tree problem

An overview of the "Insects and Rural Tree Decline" seminar held at Mount Barker during February 1989. The impact of insects and their relationships in the ecology of rural Western Australia were discussed at the seminar tackling dieback of trees in dry areas. The high mortality rate for planted trees, due in large part to insect activity, is stated to have knocked farmers' confidence in tree planting as a conservation strategy. PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to provide a public view of this newspaper article as the copyright is held by the publisher of Elders Weekly. If you would like to obtain a copy of this newspaper article for research purposes please ‘request a copy'. This article is part of the WISALTS (Whittington Interceptor Sustainable Agriculture Land Treatment Society Incorporated) Collection