Published - 30 May 2023 By Emily Crawford & Mark Hincksman 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 … Read More apple scab, black spot, blackspot, pear scab, scab Diseases
Published - 10 April 2021 By Emily Crawford (Agriculture Victoria) and Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI) Post harvest Scab control Sweeping and mulching leaves, and the application of foliar Nitrogen, hastens leaf decomposition and reduces the number of Scab spores that survive into the following … Read More apple scab, black spot, pear scab, scab Diseases
Published - 28 January 2021 By Russell Fox (I.K. Caldwell) and Enver Sabri (I.K.Caldwell) Summer Spot – a few cases being seen in Vic A few cases of Summer Spot are being seen in the Goulburn Valley at the moment. Summer Spot is a secondary infection of Black Spot … Read More apple scab, black spot, pear scab, summer spot Diseases, Vic
Published - 14 May 2019 By Scab (Black Spot) Management Scab can be an issue in apple and pear orchards. In the following two videos David Williams (Principal Research Scientist at Agriculture Victoria) discusses ground cover … Read More apple scab, black spot, ground cover management, pear scab, scab Diseases