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Defending Australia against Xylella

Cherries Citrus Nuts Olives Stone Fruit Disease & weed control Insect & mite control Aug. 1, 2019



The number one plant biosecurity threat to Australia is now under the spotlight through a new Hort Innovation funded project.

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New guide to protect macadamia production

Macadamias Disease & weed control Insect & mite control June 17, 2019



The latest edition of the ‘Macadamia Plant Protection Guide’ has been released.

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Mango industry discovers highly infectious bacteria as cause of ugly veins of resin canal discolouration

Mangoes Disease & weed control March 20, 2019



Scientists have worked out what causes ugly veins to appear in mangoes — a breakthrough that could save the industry millions of dollars each year.

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Almond yields hitting new highs with careful disease management

Almonds Disease & weed control Dec. 17, 2018



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.

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Fontelis registered for husk spot in macadamia

Macadamias Disease & weed control Dec. 17, 2018



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.

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Coordinated defence against Australia’s most threatening plant disease

Disease & weed control Dec. 13, 2018



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.

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Horticulture’s quiet achiever

Mangoes Pome fruit Stone Fruit Disease & weed control Oct. 30, 2018



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.

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Protect crops against pests and diseases

Disease & weed control Insect & mite control Oct. 3, 2018



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.

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Apple disease control critical

Pome fruit Disease & weed control Sept. 16, 2018

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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