Australian Apple and Pear IPDM

Topic: IPDM

published - 23 February 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) and Melly Pandher (Agriculture Victoria)
Interested in starting IPM 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 yield per hectare. This is defined as the number of cartons or number of kilograms of fruit that meet or exceed the market standards for …
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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
The sessions will be …
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published - 27 May 2019
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Useful tool – Pests Pocket guide

The popular Agriculture Victoria publication Pests of Pome and Stone Fruit and their Predators and Parasitoids – A Pocket guide is now available as an e-book.
Download here: Pests of Pome and Stone Fruit (Pocket Guide) e-book
 
Example from Pocket Guide of how to use identification keys
Example from Pocket Guide of identification page …
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Pests, Useful Tools

published - 1 May 2019
By Peter Nimmo (QLD DAF) and David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study update: Stanthorpe QLD, March 2019

Daniel Nicoletti, Stanthorpe QLD: 
What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Main issues are mites, mealybugs, and QFF. Codling moth is no longer an issue.
What are you doing currently with IPDM?
Attempting to get mealybug control by releasing predatory beetle (Cryptolaemus). Have also mowed every second alley to encourage predatory mites …
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Case Study Orchards, QLD

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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Pests, Useful Tools