| Grower name: | Terry Martella, B Martella & Sons |
| Location: | Kirup, WA |
| What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on? | Mites, ADB, weevils, mealybug, powdery mildew (influenced by netting), and looper. Action Plan includes:
· Consider replacing Klartan against ADB. · Investigate use of cumulative leaf infested days (CLIDs) instead of mites/leaf or percentage leaves infested to determine the need to spray mites |
| What are you doing currently with IPDM? | Resistance program based on activity groups
Monitoring mites and mealybug. Adjusting monitoring so that we can record mites/leaf and infested leaves at the same time which will allow us to compare mites/leaf and Cumulative Leaf Infested Days. |
| What has worked well? What hasn’t? | Having a season-long plan rather than just reacting ad hoc to monitoring results. Mite monitoring generally paying off because it allows observation of predators. |
| What would you do differently next time? | Too early to say. |
| Any interesting learnings? | Understanding that interactions occur between most activities helps to determine potential causes of problems before they occur. This then feeds into the season-long plan. |
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