published - 6 March 2019 By Alison Mathews (DPIRD WA) Hints for using a hand lens Monitoring as part of IPDM often means using a hand lens. This video provides tips on how to use one effectively. hand lens, identification of insects in orchards, monitoring Useful Tools
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 … Read More IPDM case study orchards, IPM case study orchards 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 … Read More 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 … Read More Bryobia mite, european red mite, mite predators, mite thresholds, mites, monitoring, pests, Two-spotted mite Pests
published - 2 February 2019 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) Case Study Orchards As a part of the Apple and Pear IPDM project, Case Study Orchards from each state are documenting their journey implementing IPDM. Each grower is working with their advisor or an expert associated with this project to implement an IPDM plan and document their progress. Case Study Orchards will post regular updates … Read More IPDM case study orchards, IPM case study orchards Case Study Orchards
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. … Read More 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). case study, IPDM case study orchards Case Study Orchards
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. case study, implementing IPDM, IPDM case study orchards, IPM case study orchards Case Study Orchards, Home
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 … Read More plant protection guide Resources, Useful Tools
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, … Read More 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 … Read More 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 … Read More bees, capeweed, fat hen, IPDM weed managment, marshmellow, weed control Pests, Weeds
