Sustainable integrated control of foliar diseases in greenhouse vegetables
This poster outlines work done to date and future work to be conducted under project VG05094, which aims to develop control strategies based on IPM that minimise the use of pesticides without compromising the level of control of foliar diseases in greenhouse-grown vegetable crops. Surveys were conducted in 2006 to identify the main foliar diseases in cucumber, capsicum, tomato and eggplant crops, the current management strategies and how disease management could be made more sustainable. 50% of growers thought they could improve their disease management. The poster includes project results regarding: how climate manipulation can be used to reduce diseases; incorporation of “soft” options into conventional spray programs; and cultivar trials.