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Spray Application Basics
This fact sheet covers basic principles of spray application, including information on droplet size, nozzle selection and water quality.
Strategic Use Of Pesticides As Part Of IPM Programs For Vegetables
Report investigates the potential for refining and targeting the use of pesticides as part of Intergrated Management Strategies in tropical and subtropical vegetable production.
Sustainable integrated control of foliar diseases in greenhouse vegetables
Foliar diseases in greenhouse vegetables are usually controlled by the regular application of fungicides. The fungicides used for the diseases powdery mildew, downy mildew and … Read more
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 … Read more
Sustainable Potato Production In Highland Areas Of NSW – Stage III
This project created in collaboration with ANU and CSIRO to investigate the management strategies using cover crops to release soil bound Phosporus. Along with this … Read more
Sweet Corn Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
The Australian sweet corn industry has benefited from Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Research & Development (R&D) through the introduction of biological methods as opposed to … Read more
The delivery of IPM for the lettuce industry – an extension to VG05044
To build upon the commercial lettuce IPM demonstrations in 2004-5 (HAL project VG04067) and in Victoria and Tasmania in 2006/7, Sydney 2007/8 (HAL project VG05044) … Read more
The sustainable use of pesticides (especially spinosad) against WFT in vegetables
Western flower thrips (WFT) is a serious pest of vegetable crops. Feeding by adults and larvae causes severe physical crop damage and WFT also spreads … Read more
Thrips & Tospovirus resources
Western Flower Thrips (WFT) and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) are serious pests of a wide range of vegetables. To effectively manage these pests, it … Read more
Thrips and hydroponic lettuce
This fact sheet provides information on thrips that feed on lettuce. Feeding by thrips can cause curled leaves and silvering and wilting. Some species of … Read more
Thrips and Tospovirus: A management guide
This 18-page booklet provides concise information on the biology of tospoviruses and their thrips vectors. This information is then related to the range of integrated … Read more
Tobamoviruses – tobacco mosaic virus, tomato mosaic virus and pepper mild mottle virus – Integrated virus disease management
This 2-page fact sheet discusses tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) and pepper mild mottle virus (PMMV), their host plants and the symptoms … Read more