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Published - 22 June 2020
By Russell Fox (GV Crop Protection) and Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Post harvest care to help control two spotted mite

Russell Fox discusses how an IPM approach to post harvest care of orchards can help control Two Spotted Mite (TSM) by providing habitat for beneficial …
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Beneficials, Resources, Weeds

Published - 8 July 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Variable spray threshold for mainland Apple Dimpling Bug

Apple dimpling bug (ADB) Campylomma liebknechti can be a serious pest of apples on the Australian mainland. This is not the bug that causes similar …
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Published - 22 July 2020
By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria)

Apple and Pear IPDM Industry Survey 2020

A national Apple and Pear Integrated Pest and Disease Management (IPDM) project led by Agriculture Victoria, funded through Hort Innovation, is conducting a follow up …
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Published - 19 August 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Case Study Update: Batlow NSW – July 2020

In Batlow Jeremy Smart identified woolly apple aphid (WAA) as his major focus, followed by codling moth and apple scab.
Jeremy used mating disruption backed up …
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Case Study Orchards, NSW

Published - 19 August 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Case Study Update: Stanthorpe QLD – July 2020

In Queensland Daniel Nicoletti started the season with the orchard suffering from the effects of long-term drought and facing the driest year on record. Mites …
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Case Study Orchards, QLD

Published - 19 August 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Case Study Update: Yarra Valley VIC – July 2020

In the Yarra Valley David Finger had identified codling moth and apple scab as the main concerns in the netted Granny Smith block used for …
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Case Study Orchards, Vic

Published - 19 August 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)

Case Study Update: Geeveston TAS – July 2020

John Evans considered the pests and diseases in his Tasmanian orchard were under control, despite some edge issues with codling moth, and he used a …
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Case Study Orchards, TAS

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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Beneficials, Pests

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 …
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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 …
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