Published - 5 June 2023 By Source: Cesar Australia (PestFacts south-eastern) Earwigs are useful predators in pome fruit orchards David Williams, our honorary visiting research scientist and IPDM expert, provides a link to an article on earwigs, millipedes, and slaters from the GRDC PestFacts … Read More Beneficials, Pests
Published - 30 May 2023 By Emily Crawford & Mark Hincksman IPDM focus on black spot (apple scab and pear scab) These two diseases affect flowers, fruit and foliage causing serious yields and fruit quality losses. They are most likely to occur in the wet seasons … Read More apple scab, black spot, blackspot, pear scab, scab Diseases
Published - 28 November 2022 By Mark Hincksman. Written by Greg Lefoe (Senior Research Scientist, Agriculture Victoria) Advances in the biological control of codling moth in Australia A newly imported Mastrus ridens colony may hold the key to future successful establishment of this parasitic wasp, an important biological control tool in the long-term management … Read More biocontrol agent, codling moth, IPDM, Mastrus ridens Beneficials