Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Trial location(s)
Albany, WA
Esperance, WA
Aims
To determine environmental triggers that initiate movement, feeding and formation of the albumen gland in small conical snails.
Key messages
Aim to bait from mid-March to mid-April before seeding, and consider baiting again immediately post seeding. This timing will increase bait efficacy, increase likelihood of conditions suitable for snail movement, and be timed before most snails lay eggs.
Bait in autumn not summer even if there is a lot of summer rain as control from baits can be low during summer
Relative humidity above 85% is when snails are most active, so plan baiting to be before forecast periods of extended high humidity. Throw out test area before baiting whole program to be sure.
Lead research organisation
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
Host research organisation
N/A
Trial funding source
GRDC DAW00256
Trial funding source
DPIRD WA FFPJP13
Related program
Regional Research Agronomy
Acknowledgments
Thanks to GRDC and DPIRD for co-investment in the ‘Building capacity in crop protection and crop production agronomy research and development in Western Australia’ project (DAW00256/DAW1512-001RTX)
Trial source data and summary not available Check the trial
report PDF for trial results.
Climate
Derived climate information
No observed climate data available for this trial. Derived climate data is
determined from trial site location and national weather sources.
Albany WA
Esperance WA
Albany WA
Esperance WA
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
Jeffrey, S.J., Carter, J.O., Moodie, K.B. and Beswick, A.R. (2001). Using spatial interpolation to
construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data , Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol
16/4, pp 309-330. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1.
Trial report and links
Monitoring small pointed snails and slugs for time of egg lay using cameras 2017, 2018 and 2019
