Published - 5 November 2018 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Useful Tool – Pest Monitoring Guidelines Monitoring the populations of pests, diseases, weeds, and beneficial organisms such as predators and parasitoid wasps is an important component of implementing integrated pest, disease … Read More IPDM, IPDM monitoring calendar, IPDM monitoring sheet, IPDM tool, monitoring guidelines Pests, Useful Tools
Published - 29 October 2018 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Useful Tool – IPDM Monitoring Calendar Monitoring calendars are designed to help you monitor orchards more effectively. The shaded areas show you when to monitor, and the comments section gives you more … Read More IPDM monitoring calendar, IPDM tool, monitoring calendar Resources, Useful Tools
Published - 29 October 2018 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Useful Tool – IPDM Monitoring Sheet This IPDM monitoring sheet is designed for recording pests and diseases in regular sampling of your orchard, using the protocols described in monitoring methods. Timing … Read More IPDM monitoring sheet, monitoring sheet Pests, Resources, Useful Tools
Published - 16 October 2018 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Advances in codling moth control in orchards Parasitoid wasps, mass trapping of female codling moths and the use of mating disruption could, when combined, help control codling moth in apple and pear orchards, … Read More codling moth, mating disruption, parasitoid wasp Pests, Resources
Published - 15 October 2018 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Killer wasps and better pheromones target codling moth Changes to the types of pesticide available for use in fruit production, and the progress of research into biological control of major insect pests, are providing … Read More biocontrol agent, codling moth, pheromones Pests
Published - 20 September 2018 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) What is Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM) IPDM is integrated pest and disease management. More simply, IPDM involves evaluating your pest problems and then developing a systems approach to manage the problems … Read More IPDM, IPM Home, Resources
Published - 20 August 2018 By Aimee McCutcheon (Agriculture Victoria) Survey to focus on apple and pear industry Australian apple and pear growers, pest management scouts and advisors are being encouraged to participate in a short, less than 15-minute, survey to share their … Read More survey Home
Published - 20 August 2018 By Aimee McCutcheon (Agriculture Victoria) Free pest and disease management training for apple and pear growers Australian apple and pear growers are invited to attend free training in Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM) to help preserve orchard health and viability. Agriculture … Read More workshop Uncategorized
Published - 20 August 2018 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) APAL Announces 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, IPDM expert Apple & Pear Australia Ltd (APAL) has announced the recipients of its 2018 Awards for Excellence at Hort Connections 2018. Nominations were submitted to the … Read More award, expert Home, Uncategorized
