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 - 7 January 2020 By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria) RIMpro and how that fits with scab and codling moth predictions When using RIMPRO or other forecasting systems that do not require you to enter either trap data or a biofix derived from your own data … Read More codling moth, RIMPRO, scab Resources
Published - 30 October 2019 By Kevin Dodds (NSW DPI) Do I have Primary Scab infection? ……and what does this mean for my Summer-Autumn spray program? Black spot otherwise known as apple and pear scab (caused by the fungal pathogens Venturia inequalis and V.pirina), survives through Winter as spore bodies mostly … Read More black spot, scab Diseases
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
