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

Case Study Update: Yarra Valley VIC, February 2019

Orchardist:
David and Sue Finger

Location:
Launching place, Yarra Valley VIC

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Main concerns are black spot and codling moth but mites, birds, heliothis, kangaroos and fruit bats are becoming issues.

What are you doing currently with IPDM?
I am using RIMPRO to guide my spray timing for black …
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Case Study Orchards, Vic

published - 27 February 2019
By Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI)

Case Study update: Batlow NSW, February 2019

Orchardist: Jeremy Smart, Batlow NSW
What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Key focus through Spring and Summer has been on Woolly Apple Aphid (WAA) and Codling Moth (CM) management.
What are you doing currently with IPDM?
WAA – We’ve been keeping a close eye on WAA populations throughout our orchard by …
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Case Study Orchards, NSW

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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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 - 15 January 2019
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Queensland grower discusses IPDM techniques

Queensland grower, Daniel Nicoletti, discusses techniques he has used on this orchard to implementing integrated pest and disease management (IPDM).

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Case Study Orchards

published - 31 December 2018
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Useful tool – Pests Pocket guide

An online e-book version of the popular Agriculture Victoria publication Pests of Pome and Stone Fruit and their Predators and Parasitoids – A Pocket guide will be available here for download in May 2019.

Example from Pocket Guide of how to use identification keys
Example from Pocket Guide of identification page of mites

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published - 20 November 2018
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Apple grower talks about implementing IPDM on his orchard

Tasmanian apple grower, John Evans, explains his journey implementing integrated pest and disease management (IPDM) including the challenges and things he has learnt along the way.

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published - 19 November 2018
By Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI)

Orchard plant protection guide for deciduous fruits in NSW

The 2018-19 edition of the Orchard plant protection guide for deciduous fruits in NSW is the latest in a series of similar publications from NSW Department of Primary Industries which have served industry for over 57 years. It provides up-to date information on all aspects of protecting your orchard from pests …
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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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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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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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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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