Research on fruit trees began at Tatura 80 years ago. In this article we look at the early years: the war years 1939 to 1945
European red mite (ERM) is a dark red mite about the same size as TSM.
Codling moth is the most serious pest of pome fruit worldwide and the most damaging pest of commercial apple, pear, quince and nashi orchards in Australia.
Pheromones are a special kind of perfume. The most well known are those produced by female moths to attract males.
Pheromones can work well as control agents against small moths where mated females don’t fly too far.
They are useless as control agents for large moths like Heliothis and armyworms that fly hundreds of kilometres in a night and mate outside any area treated with a pheromone disruption agent.
It's summer time and the living is easy, but not for you or your hardworking summer crop. Even when the harvest is over, your plants are working—preparing for winter dormancy and the spring to come.
BOM recently updated its seasonal outlooks to reflect the El Nino conditions and as a consequence its effect on temperature and rainfall patterns across Australia.
Two of the worrying weather map forecasts show the chance of temperatures exceeding median maximums up into the 80% range across a majority of our major tree cropping regions.
When picking fruit, selecting the correct size picking bag is paramount
The Bighorn Open Mouth fruit picking bags are available in four sizes, allowing users to select the ideal size.
A combination of high temperatures and high levels of infrared (IR) and ultraviolet (UV) light can culminate in sunburn damage and heat stress to plants.
However, timely applications of Surround reduces sunburn and heat stress damage, when used as per the product label.
SunUp reflective orchard film is a cost effective fruit management tool.
SunUp reflects the sun's UV rays up into the underside and central areas of the tree canopy—directly onto the difficult to colour fruit.
Research on fruit trees began at Tatura 80 years ago. This time we look at the war years: 1939 to 1945
