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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Interested in starting IPDM in your orchard? Here is how you can…..
Australian Pome fruit orchardists vary in their tolerance of fruit damage and appearance of the fruit. The most important measure of success is the marketable …
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Mating disruption and thresholds for Codling Moth
Question: “How does mating disruption affect trap counts and thresholds for spraying? What are the general thresholds for Codling moth with/without mating disruption? Are the …
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Common (Brown) Garden Snail Management in Orchards: Biology, Impact, and Control Strategies
An article was published in the Australian Fruit Growers Magazine (Summer Edition 2025), and contains information on suggested ways to control Common (Brown) Garden Snails …
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iMapPESTS tests out Sentinel traps near Adelaide orchards
The iMapPESTS project is testing out its mobile pest and disease ‘Sentinel’ traps at Langhorne Creek, 70km south of Adelaide.
The ‘Sentinel’ mobile unit is part …
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PIPS 4 Profit & Narrow Orchard Systems Researcher Roadshow
Visit Agriculture Victoria’s Tatura Smart Farm where Australia’s two largest national R&D programs into profitable, modern and sustainable orchard systems are underway for apple and …
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Earwigs are useful predators in pome fruit orchards
David Williams, our honorary visiting research scientist and IPDM expert, provides a link to an article on earwigs, millipedes, and slaters from the GRDC PestFacts …
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IPDM focus on black spot (apple scab and pear scab)
These two diseases affect flowers, fruit and foliage causing serious yields and fruit quality losses. They are most likely to occur in the wet seasons …
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Advances in the biological control of codling moth in Australia
A newly imported Mastrus ridens colony may hold the key to future successful establishment of this parasitic wasp, an important biological control tool in the long-term management …
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Helicoverpa and Loopers
Helicoverpa
The native budworm Helicoverpa punctigera and the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (also known in Australia as tobacco budworm, tomato grub, corn earworm) can attack pome …
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Armillaria root rot
The disease and its impact
Armillaria root rot is mainly caused by a native fungal species, Armillaria luteobubalina whereas overseas the most common cause of this …
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