Tree Crop News

Technology in agriculture

Pheromone trap analysis on xarvio Scouting app

xarvio Scouting smartphone app will provide instant identification and counting of codling moth and oriental fruit moth.

Harvesting

Transtak Engineering ready for harvest

Transtak Engineering and Equipment manufactures a range of self-loading bin trailers for the orchard industry as well as a full range of high-strength/lightweight aluminium picking ladders.

Citrus

Exciting time ahead for red flesh early mandarin

Field day helped growers acquire technical expertise sooner for fruit production, processing, and retailing of mandarins.

Mangoes

Satellites used to predict commercial mango yields

Results were found to be highly accurate at both farm and block level, with significant improvement over the traditional method of yield estimation.

Stone Fruit - Harvesting - Technology in agriculture

Autonomous drone harvest trial in stone fruit

Autonomous harvest options have great potential to deal with labor shortages.

Cherries

Orchard-Rite shakers offer superior technology

The Orchard-Rite Monoboom and Bullet tree shakers are designed and engineered using high standards for quality and the latest technology in manufacturing.

Mangoes

Mango harvest aid: a story in the making

The acidic sap released when the mango ‘flower stalk’ is broken from the fruit will burn the fruit – and human skin – with some cultivars and some humans more susceptible than others.

Citrus

Major milestone for Delite Mandarins

Expecting to pick around 30 million Delite mandarins this season.

Disease & weed control

Monitoring cuts down sprays in avocados

The regular monitoring of insect pests beneficial insects is helping to reduce the amount of insecticide applications needed in avocado orchards in the Bundaberg region of Queensland.

Water supply & irrigation

Water prices stay low for third year in a row

Water allocation prices in the southern Murray–Darling Basin are likely to remain low for a third consecutive year, according to the latest ABARES Water Market Outlook.

Fruit Fly

Planning an area-wide fruit fly program

Now is the time to plan your fruit fly area-wide program, before the insects commence a new season of activity, Richard Bull writes.

Fruit Fly

Queensland fruit fly area wide management

The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Area Wide Management (FFAWM) Program has been monitoring rural and urban Queensland fruit fly (QFF) trapping grids established across the Goulburn Murray Valley (GMV) region In Victoria for five years.

Cherries - Fruit Fly

A cherry on top...

Well, we know birds don’t help with biological control of sawflies and, beneficial wasps aren’t ‘traitors’ either. This pretty much leaves it up to you, the grower, to do something, Ion Staunton writes.

Macadamias - Insect & mite control

Softer option for managing lace bug

New generation insecticide available for use against lace bug in macadamia.

Tropical trees

Orchard management the key to sustainability

Integrated orchard management (IOM) projects designed to get more sunlight into macadamia orchards, promote grass coverage on orchard floors, and manage water drainage are key to improving the industry's resilience and environmental sustainability.