Published - 18 February 2021 By Raelene Kwong (Agriculture Victoria) Soil testing to help measure native vegetation success Agriculture Victoria researchers in the IPDM Cultural and Biological control project are collecting soil samples from trial plots at the Tatura Smart Farm in Victoria … Read More beneficials, native vegetation Beneficials, Home
Published - 11 February 2021 By Dan Papacek (Bugs for Bugs) Fruit fly management A whole ‘system’ approach is required for fruit fly management. By this we mean: Protein bait sprays Monitoring Male annihilation Sanitation The Manage Queensland Fruit fly brochure from Hort Innovation … Read More bait spray, baiting, male annihilation, MAT, protein bait sprays, QFF, Queensland fruit fly Home, Pests
Published - 2 February 2021 By PIPS3: Strengthening Cultural and Biological Management of Pests and Diseases Hort Innovation has kicked off the third Apple and Pear industry Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS3) program. The program covers apple and pear orchards … Read More IPDM project, PIPS 3 Home
Published - 28 January 2021 By Russell Fox (I.K. Caldwell) and Enver Sabri (I.K.Caldwell) Summer Spot – a few cases being seen in Vic A few cases of Summer Spot are being seen in the Goulburn Valley at the moment. Summer Spot is a secondary infection of Black Spot … Read More apple scab, black spot, pear scab, summer spot Diseases, Vic
Published - 21 January 2021 By Rose Daniels (APAL) Latest regulatory changes for ag chemicals Agricultural chemicals relied on by orchardists continue to be reviewed, resulting in changes to regulations domestically, and internationally. The cancellation or modification of use of … Read More Home
Published - 8 January 2021 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) How to Calculate Cumulative Leaf Infested Days (CLID’s) To calculate Cumulative Leaf Infested Days (CLIDs) you need to first monitor weekly or fortnightly using the 10 leaves / tree method and calculate the … Read More CLID, CLID's, Cumulative leaf infested days, leaf scorch, mites, monitoring Pests, Resources
Published - 5 January 2021 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Mite Management European Red Mite (ERM), Two Spotted Mites (TSM) and Bryobia mites all commonly affect apple and pear orchards. David Williams (Principal Researcher, Agriculture Victoria) discusses how … Read More Bryobia mite, CLID's, Cumulative leaf infested days, European Red Mite (ERM), mites, monitoring, predator mites, Two-spotted mite Beneficials, Pests
Published - 2 December 2020 By Alison Mathews (DPIRD WA) WA pome and summer fruit spray guide for 2020-21 The Western Australian DPIRD has updated it’s Pome and Summer Fruit Orchard Spray Guide for the 2020-21 season and it is now available on the … Read More Western Australia (WA) spray guide Resources, WA
Published - 2 December 2020 By Marcel Veens (Marcel Veens Horticulture Advisor Pty Ltd) What’s the ideal time to spray to control LBAM? Some orchards spray for light brown apple moth (LBAM) very early in the season – often when they catch the first LBAM. However the ideal time … Read More LBAM, light brown apple moth Home, Pests
Published - 26 November 2020 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) Is Granulosis virus effective in controlling CM? Granulosis virus is widely used by organic growers to control Codling Moth (CM) and increasingly orchardists are using it to reduce pesticide use. It does … Read More codling moth, granulosis virus Pests