Tree Crop News

Pome fruit - Disease & weed control

New registrations for Belanty

New disease control options for macadamia, almonds and apples.

Water supply & irrigation

Upholding Australia’s water supply chain

The world’s first blockchain-based water market will start in Australia later this year.

Avocado - Disease & weed control

Luna Sensation provides avocado disease control

Broad spectrum disease control in avocado.

Fruit Fly - Insect & mite control

FMC and RapidAIM announce collaboration

Collaboration will create an accurate pest detection and forecasting service for several key pests and crops across Australia.

Insect & mite control

Future population trends of the citrus gall wasp

Will CGW continue to rise, or will it come down after some time?

Fruit Fly

2022 shaping up as a major fruit fly season

La Niña could mean larger than normal development of fruit fly populations.

General

Register now for Hort Connections 2022

Hort Connections 2022 will be held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 6–8 June.

Flowering, thinning & PGRs

Using bird pellets and automation to protect bees

Innovative approach to protecting Australia's bees.

General - 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 - Pome fruit - Stone Fruit - 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 - 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 - 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.