Published - 11 October 2021 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Thrips Thrip damage to flower buds (Pests of Pome and Stone Fruit and their Predators and Parasitoids, Agriculture Victoria) Apple and pear flowers are susceptible to attack … Read More Australian plague thrip, plague thrips, thrips, western flower thrips Home, Pests
Published - 1 October 2021 By Russell Fox (I.K. Caldwell) and Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) Carpophilus beetle in the Goulburn Valley (Vic) Carpophilus beetle (or Driedfruit beetle) is being seen in the Goulburn Valley (Vic) at the moment and is known to increase in numbers after a … Read More Carpophilus beetle ExtensionAUS, Pests
Published - 1 October 2021 By Ally Driessen (Bee Biosecurity Officer - Agriculture Victoria) Pollination Considerations 2021 Good crop yields start with effective pollination. If you’re planning on bringing beehives into your orchard this pollination season, you should know beekeepers have already begun … Read More apiarist, bees, manage bee hives, pollination Home
Published - 20 September 2021 By Marcel Veens (Marcel Veens Horticulture Adviser Pty Ltd) Do insecticides make mealybugs worse? Control of mealybugs is notoriously difficult because their waxy secretions reduce penetration by insecticides. In apples and pears, mealybugs also hide in the calyx end … Read More earwigs, mealy bug, Mealybug Beneficials, Pests
Published - 1 September 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) and Elizabeth Mace (GV Crop Protection) Prepare hives and help hoverflies If we get a wet spring we may find the bees struggle to get active this year. It’s time to have hives prepared and help … Read More bees, hover flies, hover fly Beneficials, Home
Published - 26 August 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) Start planning for mealybug Are you prepared for mealybug this season? Has your control strategy been working, or are there important gaps to address? When planning your next steps … Read More mealy bug, Mealybug Home, Pests
Published - 17 June 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) Establishing native vegetation in inter-rows Establishing native vegetation in orchard inter-rows to create habitat for beneficials is not an easy undertaking. As part of a PIPS 3 research project, (AP19002 Stengthening … Read More beneficial insects, inter row planting, native vegetation Home
Published - 25 May 2021 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) IPDM Manual for Apples and Pears Summary: The Integrated Pest Disease and Weed Management manual for Australian Apple and Pears – is a revised 2nd edition of the IPM manual well known to many … Read More apple and pear IPDM manual, IPDM manual, IPM manual IPDM Manual, Useful Tools
Published - 10 April 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) and Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI) Post harvest Scab control Sweeping and mulching leaves, and the application of foliar Nitrogen, hastens leaf decomposition and reduces the number of Scab spores that survive into the following … Read More apple scab, black spot, pear scab, scab Diseases
Published - 18 March 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) Earwig control of WAA Orchardist Ian Cathels participated in an APAL Future Orchard monitoring trial looking at earwig control of woolly apple aphid (WAA). “We observed earwigs numbers were very … Read More earwigs, woolly aphid, woolly apple aphid Beneficials