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A Crop Management Service To Promote New Technology For Sweet Corn In Central West NSW
This project addresses the crop management service (SCMS) that is based on new technologies to sweet corn growers in the Central West of NSW, ultimately … Read more
A Potato Crop Management Service To Promote New Technology In Tasmania
Tasmania produces around half of Australia’s French fry processing potatoes, but has struggled to replicate the gains experienced recently by other production areas within Australia … Read more
Agronomic And Postharvest Improvement In Iceberg And Cos Lettuce To Extend Shelf Life For Fresh Cuts Salads
This project identifies varieties, agronomic factors and processing and handling issues that influence shelf life, ultimately seeking to develop and ‘best practice’ approach to ensure … Read more
Agronomic Packages For Reduced Pass Harvesting Of Export Cauliflower
Report provides information on agronomic methods that may be implemented to increase uniformity of maturity in brassica crops, reducing the number of harvests required. An … Read more
Always check for pests and diseases
Monitoring the crop regularly and routinely enables you to find pests and diseases early. This means you will have more management options available to you.
An Agronomic And Economic Blueprint For Using Whole, Round Seed For Processing Potatoes
The project was designed to investigate how seed growers could produce round seed, the cost of growing and under what conditions processing growers could benefit … Read more
Area wide management of fruit fly – Central Burnett
This project demonstrates for the first time in Australia that area wide management (AWM) of Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) is possible in a major … Read more
Beetroot Stand Management
This report sought to determine the optimum plant spacing that will allow growers to meet size specification for beetroot growers with the new desired being … Read more
Benchmarking predictive models, nutrients and irrigation for management of downy and powdery mildews and white blister
This project focused on white blister on brassicas, powdery mildew on cucurbits and downy mildew and anthracnose on lettuce. The project determined the efficacy and … Read more
Benchmarking vegetable integrated pest management systems against other agricultural industries
This project aimed to create and suggest better ways to use the limited research and extension resources for crop protection. In the past IPM projects … Read more
Biofumigation – Bioactive Brassica Rotations For IPM Of Soil-Borne Pests And Diseases
This project chemically analysed and biologically evaluated numerous brassica species to assess the chemical profile and toxicity, growing a range of types to asses growth … Read more
Build capacity of greenhouse growers to reduce crop loss through adoption of preventative disease management practices
Ten essential management practices have been identified to reduce pests and diseases in greenhouses and these have been highlights in the New guide for growers, … Read more