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published - 21 June 2019
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Monitor while pruning to get ahead

Pruning is an opportunity to monitor for diseases and pests so you are ahead of the game later in the season. Take a moment to educate your pruning staff to look for evidence of key pests and diseases while they are working among your trees. Watch out for:

ERM and Bryobia …
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Bryobia mite, european red mite, monitoring, San Jose Scale, snails, Wood Rotting fungi, woolly aphid

Diseases, Pests

published - 21 June 2019

Mealybug Management

David Williams (Principal Research Scientist, Agriculture Victoria) discusses identification, monitoring and control of Mealybugs, including how to identify the difference between Mealybugs and their natural predator (Mealybug Ladybird) larvae which look confusingly similar.

Reviewed by Kevin Dodds, NSW DPI.

Mealybug, Mealybug ladybird, Mealybug predators, monitoring

Pests

published - 12 June 2019

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 to identify, monitor and control mites in the following three videos:
Mite Monitoring

Mite Monitoring – understanding Cumulative Leaf Infested Days (CLID)

Controlling Mites in Orchards

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Bryobia mite, CLID's, Cumulative leaf infested days, European Red Mite (ERM), monitoring, predator mites, Two-spotted mite

Pests

published - 27 May 2019
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Useful tool – Pests Pocket guide

The popular Agriculture Victoria publication Pests of Pome and Stone Fruit and their Predators and Parasitoids – A Pocket guide is now available as an e-book.
Download here: Pests of Pome and Stone Fruit (Pocket Guide) e-book

Example from Pocket Guide of how to use identification keys
Example from Pocket Guide of identification page …
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ID insects, ID pests and bugs, identification of insects in orchards, identifications of pests and bugs, IPDM, IPM

Pests, Useful Tools

published - 14 May 2019
By Alison Mathews (DPIRD WA)

Autumn Snail Control

Several snail pest species are found in Australia, however damage is usually caused by the common garden snail (pictured) , Helix aspersa. (Photo: DPIRD WA)

Snail control is best done on multiple fronts. Snails need humid places to shelter, such as among weeds and other vegetation and in tree guards.
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baits, snails

Pests

published - 24 April 2019
By Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI)

European Wasp Management

European wasps can pose an OHS issue to pickers. Baiting is an important tool in the management of European wasps.
Wasps are a nuisance and OHS issue for pickers
European wasps are scavengers. They are attracted to sweet foods and meat and are commonly a nuisance at outdoor eating venues and barbeques. …
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baiting station, european wasps

Pests

published - 19 February 2019
By Alison Mathews (DPIRD WA)

Mite monitoring: key to sustainable chemical use

Monitoring mites
Late November is the time to start monitoring for Two-spotted, European red and Bryobia mites. Although fortnightly monitoring is usually sufficient unless numbers are approaching the action threshold, the use of random sampling in weekly monitoring allows you to cover a greater spread of the orchard and increases the …
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Bryobia mite, european red mite, mite predators, mite thresholds, mites, monitoring, pests, Two-spotted mite

Pests

published - 1 February 2019
By Stephen Quarrell (Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture)

It’s Canary Season!

The apple leaf hopper (or canary fly in Tasmania) is increasingly becoming an issue in IPM orchards. These sap feeding insects are 3-4 mm long and yellow in colour. They can quickly build up to plague levels particularly in dry years as has been seen in throughout Australia this season. …
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Pests

published - 12 November 2018
By Alison Mathews & Stewart Learmonth (DPIRD Manjimup) and Susie Murphy White (Pomewest Manjimup)

Spring pest monitoring in WA orchards

Out of a recent survey and discussions at workshops in August the most mentioned pests of concern in Western Australia were med fly, weevils, woolly aphids, mites and thrips.
Depressions in apple fruitlets caused by apple dimpling bug
Adult apple dimpling bug
For pests that may or may not be a problem in spring, …
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apple dimpling bug, european red mite, IPDM monitoring, IPM monitoring, miticides, monitoring techniques, mummy, parasitic wasp, parasitise, thrips, weevil, woolly aphid, woolly aphid wasp

Pests

published - 12 November 2018
By Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI)

Harlequin bug – Manage Hosts and Hideouts

The Spring and Summer months are a good time to be on the look-out for Harlequin Bug in the orchard and applying management strategies to reduce their numbers. Harlequin bug Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer) is a native Australian plant bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae.
The adult bug is about 12mm in length …
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dock, Harlequin bug, marshmellow weed, wireweed

Pests, Weeds

published - 7 November 2018
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Broad-Leaved Weeds Support Orchard Pests

Broad-leaved weeds such as capeweed Arctotheca calendula, marshmallow Malva parviflora, and fat hen Chenopodium album are common throughout Australian fruit growing areas. These plants often support pest species such as lightbrown apple moth, harlequin bugs, and thrips. Control of the weeds will help reduce prevalence of the pests.
Weed control should …
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bees, capeweed, fat hen, IPDM weed managment, marshmellow, weed control

Pests, Weeds

published - 5 November 2018
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Useful Tool – Pest Monitoring Guidelines

Monitoring the populations of pests, diseases, weeds, and beneficial organisms such as predators and parasitoid wasps is an important component of implementing integrated pest, disease and weed management in orchards. It does not need to be onerous or time consuming.
The methods outlined below provide guidelines other than trapping that should …
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IPDM, IPDM monitoring calendar, IPDM monitoring sheet, IPDM tool, monitoring guidelines

Pests, Useful Tools