Published - 11 November 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) Victorians to be on the lookout for Medfly Victorian residents in areas bordering South Australia and along key transport routes are being asked to keep a close watch on fruits and vegetables in … Read More Medfly Home, Pests
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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 18 November 2020 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) WATCHOUT in the Orchard WATCHOUT in the Orchard So, you got through flowering ok and now have a crop to worry about? Try the WATCHOUT acronym to help you focus … Read More WATCHOUT tool Home, Useful Tools
