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published - 24 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: QLD – mites and mealybugs major problems

Grower name:
Daniel Nicoletti

Location:
Pozieres, near Stanthorpe Qld

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Main issues are mites, mealybugs, and QFF.
Codling moth and black spot are under control via chemical sprays timed according to monitoring of moth numbers in traps and weather conditions affecting disease infection periods.
Mites and mealybugs have become …
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Case Study Orchards, QLD

published - 18 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: Kirup WA – mite monitoring paying off

Grower name:
Terry Martella, B Martella & Sons

Location:
Kirup, WA

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Mites, ADB, weevils, mealybug, powdery mildew (influenced by netting), and looper. Action Plan includes:
·        Consider replacing Klartan against ADB.
·        Investigate use of cumulative leaf infested days (CLIDs) instead of mites/leaf or percentage leaves infested to …
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Case Study Orchards, WA

published - 16 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: Nannup WA – spot spraying Spring beetles and oil spray combats Bryobia at green tip

Grower name:
Mark Scott

Location:
Nannup, WA

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Mites, Apple Dimple Bug, Woolly Apple Aphid, MedFly, brown snails, apple scab, pear scab, powdery mildew, spring beetle, weevils (Apple, G.W, FRW)

What are you doing currently with IPDM?
Action Plan for this season includes:
Monitoring Apple Dimple Bug and spring beetle
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Case Study Orchards, WA

published - 9 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: Yarra Valley – combining RIMPRO with MetEye and strategic release of predatory mites

Grower name:
David Finger

Location:
Yarra Junction, Victoria

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 spot and …
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Case Study Orchards, Vic

published - 3 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: Adelaide Hills – sprays may be causing mite issues and hit parasitoid wasp

Grower name:
Joe Ceravolo

Location:
Adelaide Hills

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Codling moth, black spot and lightbrown apple moth (LBAM) are under control.

What are you doing currently with IPDM?
Trying to capitalise on the low pest and disease populations and attempt to further reduce pesticide use while maintaining effective control and …
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Case Study Orchards, SA

published - 30 December 2019
By Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI)
Case Study Update: NSW – trial of earwig monitoring and degree day weather station for CM

Grower name:
Jeremy, Michael and Sharon Smart

Location:
Tingira Orchard, Batlow

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Focus on Woolly Apple Aphid (WAA) and Codling Moth (CM) continued with the implementation of an earwig monitoring trial and installation of new weather station with degree day prediction model for CM. Mites are likely …
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Case Study Orchards, NSW

published - 30 December 2019
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: Tassie – Monitoring for budworms and dimpling bug working well

Grower name: John Evans
Location: Geeveston, Tasmania
Background: Codling moth, black spot and lightbrown apple moth (LBAM) are under control. Despite the use of chlorpyrifos sprays from early green tip until early pink bud earwigs are still contributing good control of codling moth and wooly apple aphid. The parasitoid wasp Aphelinus mali …
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Case Study Orchards, TAS

published - 18 December 2019
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)
APAL grower R&D Updates- available on web

APAL grower R&D Updates now available to watch on the APAL site: https://apal.org.au/news-and-resources/videos-and-webinars/
Catch up on the latest in pollination, netting and codling moth amongst others:

Securing pollination through revegetation – Katya Hogendoorn
Pollination under netting – learnings from NZ – Lisa Evans
Combating codling moth with the mastrus wasp – trial update – David …
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published - 4 December 2019
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Woolly aphid parasitoids

At this time of year woolly apple aphid colonies will be starting to expand as crawlers emerging from overwintering sites on the roots, begin to establish on the shoots, and aphids in colonies that survived on branches over winter begin to multiply. The tiny wasp (A.Mali) parasitises woolly apple aphids …
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published - 27 November 2019
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)
Tassie Orchard Walk – December 2nd

A Tasmanian IPDM orchard walk will be held in Geeveston on Monday 2nd December with entomologist David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) and Dr Stephen Quarrell (Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture).
Tasmania  – Geeveston
Date: Monday 2nd December
Time:  11.30am – 2.30pm
Location: John Evans Orchard, 41 Donnellys Rd, Geeveston
RSVP: Stephen.quarrell@utas.edu.au or 0427 833 334
The sessions will be held …
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published - 27 November 2019
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)
Adelaide Hills orchard walk at Ceravolo Orchards

Renowned entomologist David Williams from Agriculture Victoria will be visiting the Adelaide Hills on Tuesday 3rd December to run an IPDM orchard walk with Paul James from Lenswood Co-op.
South Australia – Adelaide Hills
Date: Tuesday 3rd December
Time: 10am -1pm
Location : Ceravolo Orchards, 376 Lobethal Rd Ashton
RSVP: paul@lenswoodcoop.com.au or 0419 826 956
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