Industry events
Keep track of events in the Australian vegetable industry using the AUSVEG calendar. If you have an event you’d like listed, use our contact form to get in touch.
Events listed in bold are part of the National Vegetable Extension Network (VegNET), a strategic levy investment project under the Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund which is communicating research and development information to Australian growers.
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Webinar: Nematodes in vegetable soils
10 October 2017 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join nematode specialist Dr Sarah Collins from the Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development for an engaging webinar on Nematodes in vegetable soils – managing the bad and good ones.
This webinar will initially focus on the pest nematode, outlining the life cycles of the root-knot and root-lesion nematodes and how this can be used to target control measures.
The webinar will also touch on the beneficial free-living nematodes, discussing how these can be managed and used as soil health indicators.
To register for the webinar, click here. The webinar is delivered by project VG15010 A multi-faceted approach to soil borne disease management. This project has been funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited using the vegetable levy and funds from the Australian Government.