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Hydrorock subsurface water saving technology

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Nov. 3, 2023



Developed by a Dutch company, Hydrorock is an innovative subsurface water saving technology composed of blocks of mineral wool - a rock-based mineral material made into a matted fibre buried in the ground and designed to deliver an optimum and constant supply of water to tree crops.

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Future is cherry ripe for very happy family orchard

Cherries Pome fruit Stone Fruit Nov. 2, 2023



Kyabram orchardists Anthony Rullo and Alexandra Milosevich see embracing innovative water saving technologies as the key to their future after establishing a 5ha cherry orchard on a property just outside of Kyabram in July 2022.

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Vayego all the go for South West WA orchards with weevils

Pome fruit Insect & mite control Oct. 31, 2023



Limited chemical control options and high reliance on the Group 22a insecticide, indoxacarb, for control of weevils in pome and stone fruit orchards throughout South West WA, has always meant a new option was going to be enthusiastically welcomed.

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Thinning strategies for European pears

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 30, 2023



Many European pear cultivars crop heavily and require thinning to ensure regular yields and optimise fruit quality. However, compared with apple, there is limited information available on how to best manage crop loads, particularly the newer cultivars.

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Bringing home the Bacon at Barham Avocados

Avocado Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 29, 2023



When it comes to avocado trees, Tim and Katrina Myers have been blazing a trail along the Murray at Barham, NSW, through droughts, floods, pandemics, global financial crises, good crops and, well, some not so good.

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Minimal impact of phytosanitary irradiation

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 25, 2023



Global trade enables the movement of seasonally fresh produce between countries.

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Getting to the core of apple and pear profitability

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 4, 2023



Apple and pear growers are about to take growing profits to the next level – powered by PIPS 4 Profit.

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Scandinavian Celina – dare to be dazzled

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 1, 2023



The Australian pear industry is about to be dazzled with the first stage of commercialisation of the Celina/ QTee hitting the market.

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Apple fruit thinning benefits too great to ignore

Pome fruit Tree crop insights Aug. 29, 2023



Some apple growers can get nervous about using chemical fruit thinners. However, Sam Boyce, operations manager at a Goulburn Valley orchard, says the savings in manual thinning and early market sales benefits are simply too great to ignore.

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Angler trap targets Carpophilus beetle

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Insect & mite control Nov. 4, 2022



Grochem offers a new trapping system for Carpophilus beetle – a major pest in ripening stone and pome fruit.

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Apple industry welcomes miticide with new MOA

Pome fruit Insect & mite control Oct. 29, 2022



After increased mite pressure in apple orchards in recent seasons and more than a decade since a new mode of action miticide has been introduced, a new product hitting the shelves always was going to be a valuable addition for growers’ control programs.

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CGA ‘AusCherrySure’ MRL app released

Cherries Pome fruit Oct. 17, 2022



Cherry growers who export, must comply with a different set of maximum residue levels (MRLs) for each country.

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New sensor for storage disorders in stone fruit

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 16, 2022



Agriculture Victoria is collaborating with a Melbourne-based agtech company to assess the accuracy and utility of a prototype fluorescence sensor to detect and predict storage disorders in stone fruit.

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Stroby WG fungicide now available from AgNova

Pome fruit Stone Fruit Oct. 16, 2022



AgNova has announced a new distribution agreement with BASF Australia for the popular strobilurin fungicide Stroby WG.

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Apple thinning: a returning challenge!

Pome fruit Harvesting Oct. 14, 2022



Many of today’s most grown apple varieties need fruit thinning to obtain the right fruit bearing, desired fruit size, and to avoid biennial bearing.

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