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Published - 28 February 2022
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Proactive management for mites

Effective management of mites includes being able to identify and monitor mites, calculate Cumulative Leaf Infested Days (CLIDs) to determine thresholds for spraying, and knowing …
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mites

Pests

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 …
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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 …
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Australian plague thrip, plague thrips, thrips, western flower thrips

Home, Pests

Published - 1 October 2021
By Russell Fox (I.K. Caldwell) and Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Carpophilus beetle in the Goulburn Valley (Vic)

Carpophilus beetle (or Driedfruit beetle) is being seen in the Goulburn Valley (Vic) at the moment and is known to increase in numbers after a …
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Carpophilus beetle

ExtensionAUS, 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 …
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apiarist, bees, manage bee hives, pollination

Home

Published - 20 September 2021
By Marcel Veens (Marcel Veens Horticulture Adviser Pty Ltd)

Do insecticides make mealybugs worse?

Control of mealybugs is notoriously difficult because their waxy secretions reduce penetration by insecticides. In apples and pears, mealybugs also hide in the calyx end …
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earwigs, mealy bug, Mealybug

Beneficials, Pests

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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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beneficial insects, inter row planting, native vegetation

Home

Published - 25 May 2021
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

IPDM Manual for Apples and Pears

Summary:
The Integrated Pest Disease and Weed Management manual for Australian Apple and Pears – is a revised 2nd edition of the IPM manual well known to many …
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IPDM Manual, Useful Tools

Published - 10 April 2021
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) and Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI)

Post harvest Scab control

Sweeping and mulching leaves, and the application of foliar Nitrogen, hastens leaf decomposition and reduces the number of Scab spores that survive into the following …
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apple scab, black spot, pear scab, scab

Diseases

Published - 18 March 2021
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Earwig control of WAA

Orchardist Ian Cathels participated in an APAL Future Orchard monitoring trial looking at earwig control of woolly apple aphid (WAA).
“We observed earwigs numbers were very …
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earwigs, woolly aphid, woolly apple aphid

Beneficials