Australian Apple and Pear IPDM

Topic: woolly aphid parasitoid

published - 9 January 2020
By David Williams (Agriculture Victoria)
Case Study Update: Yarra Valley – combining RIMPRO with MetEye and strategic release of predatory mites

Grower name:
David Finger

Location:
Yarra Junction, Victoria

What are the main IPDM issues being focussed on?
Main concerns are black spot and codling moth but mites, birds, heliothis, kangaroos and fruit bats are becoming issues.

What are you doing currently with IPDM?
I am using RIMPRO to guide my spray timing for black spot and …
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Case Study Orchards, Vic

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 establish on the shoots, and aphids in colonies that survived on branches over winter begin to multiply. The tiny wasp (A.Mali) parasitises woolly apple aphids …
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Beneficials, Pests