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Researchers making fruit flies twice as 'sexy'
Australian researchers have developed a new type of fly food that can help double the number of "sexy" sterile Queensland fruit flies being reared in laboratories.
Read full storyCitrus Australia launches protective screenhouse to prevent HLB
Auscitrus has strengthened its capacity to protect the nation’s budwood supplies from disease, focusing specifically on any future incursion of HLB, with the completion of its new protective screenhouse.
Read full storyDual action fungicide offers wider control
According to veteran fruit grower Joe Giblett from ‘Red Moon’ orchard, Donnybrook, WA, disease and insects pose serious problems to successful orchard production and require vigilant monitoring on a daily basis.
Read full storyA potential fungicide for postharvest disease control in mangoes
Stem-end rot (SER) is one of the most frequently occurring postharvest diseases of mango fruit grown in the Mediterranean climate, and it is caused by a variety of fungal pathogens. The main cause of SER in Israel is Lasiodiplodia theobromae, which is not effectively controlled by the current fungicides.
Read full storyLong-term weed control is back
Longer lasting herbicide alternatives can manage the development of weed resistance and provide season-long protection.
Read full storyDefending Australia against Xylella
The number one plant biosecurity threat to Australia is now under the spotlight through a new Hort Innovation funded project.
Read full storyNew guide to protect macadamia production
The latest edition of the ‘Macadamia Plant Protection Guide’ has been released.
Read full storyMango industry discovers highly infectious bacteria as cause of ugly veins of resin canal discolouration
Scientists have worked out what causes ugly veins to appear in mangoes — a breakthrough that could save the industry millions of dollars each year.
Read full storyFontelis registered for husk spot in macadamia
Husk spot is a devastating fungal disease. Estimated to cost the macadamia industry up to $10 million per season, it causes the crop to prematurely drop to the ground. For many decades, the only option growers had to fend off the disease was to use broad-spectrum benzimidazole fungicides, such as carbendazim.
Read full storyAlmond yields hitting new highs with careful disease management
Careful management of its biggest cropping issues is helping Century Orchards achieve some of the highest yields in the industry at its high input almond enterprise near Loxton in South Australia.
Read full storyCoordinated defence against Australia’s most threatening plant disease
Wine Australia and Hort Innovation have teamed up through the Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) to safeguard the nation against a devastating bacteria that could cripple the country’s multi-billion dollar wine and horticultural sectors.
Read full storyHorticulture’s quiet achiever
Polyram DF, the Group M3 fungicide from BASF, is one of horticulture’s great crop protection all-rounders. It is registered to control over twenty diseases across a wide variety of crops, including pome and stone fruit, mangoes, bananas, grapes and most commercially produced vegetables.
Read full storyProtect crops against pests and diseases
Deciduous fruit growers have access to the latest information on all aspects of protecting orchards from pests and diseases in the new Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Orchard plant protection guide for deciduous fruits in NSW.
Read full storyApple disease control critical
As a major disease threat in his orchards, Victorian apple producer Brad Fankhauser knows how critical it is he carefully manages black spot. Mr Fankhauser, who farms near Drouin in Gippsland, says even in a relatively dry season black spot can be a threat, however the introduction of Luna Sensation fungicide to his program in the 2015/16 season proved to be a gamechanger.
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