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Using bird pellets and automation to protect bees
Innovative approach to protecting Australia's bees.
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Water supply & irrigation
AquiMax - valuable tool for water management
Improve soil aggregate stability and water retention, and reduce reduce run-off, silt, and ammonia and nitrate-nitrogen loss.
Mangoes
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Pome fruit
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Stone Fruit
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General
Crop Block protects fruit and nut crops
Prevention of sunburn damage to fruit.
Fertilisers & nutrition
Calcium and silicon ‘an ideal partnership’
Calcium and silicon work hand-in-hand.
Establishment & maintenance
Game changer in tree propagation technology
Enhanced efficiency in the planting and grafting of trees.
Flowering, thinning & PGRs
Program to offer free genetic testing to Australian bee breeders
Bee breeders will be able to prove the strength of specific genetic lines, boosting the value of superior queens.
Avocado
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Establishment & maintenance
Avocado tree intensification field day
The DAF avocado team are hosting a field day on the 20th of January 2022 at the Bundaberg research station.
Macadamias
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Insect & mite control
Sivanto - IPM friendly product controls sucking insects
Registrations for use in avocados, mangoes and papaya - and soon to be launched into macadamia.
Fruit Fly
Longer holding period lifts SIT Qfly results
Longer pre-release holding period, and protein dietary supplements, improved the effectiveness of a Qfly SIT program.
Macadamias
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Insect & mite control
New research on macadamia lace bug
Research looks at lace bug ecology and its natural predators.
Almonds
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Insect & mite control
New Angler trap for stone and pome fruit
Effective but simple way to control Carpophilus while protecting beneficial insects.
Insect & mite control
The sound of crickets and grasshoppers is coming
Over 1500 species of this group in Australia.
Establishment & maintenance
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General
Katabatic drift explained and how to avoid it
How to locate frost fans and set up your orchard for best effect.
Almonds
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Pome fruit
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Stone Fruit
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Insect & mite control
New codling moth product benefits apple growers
New insecticide has great efficacy on a wide range of insects and IPM compatible.
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