Terry Martella, Kirup WA:

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?

Mites, ADB, weevils, mealybug, powdery mildew (influenced by netting), and looper.

What are you doing currently with IPDM?

• Resistance program based on activity groups
• Monitoring mites and mealybug

What has worked well? What hasn’t?

• Mite monitoring generally paying off because it allows observation of predators.
• Vertimec appeared to fail this year.

What would you do differently next time?

• Consider replacing Klartan for ADB.
• Investigate CLID’s

Any interesting learnings?

• Trying to stop post harvest dipping.
• Netting has resulted in less scald, probably due to sun.
• Sanitise bins with ozone but need to use/monitor it better.

Take home message

Be observant. Every time you change the environment you change a lot of other things in the system.