Jun 8, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
The Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI), supported by Hort Innovation, has initiated a new collaboration for extension experts across plant industries and government to work together to increase co-ordination and information sharing on biosecurity issues. The...
May 11, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Uncategorised
Permit 13999 (Version 7) – Dimethoate for use on olives, has recently been re-issued and extended by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA), with a new expiry date of 31 March 2022. Note: the permit allows Dimethoate use only on...
Apr 13, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
The strategic levy investment project Strategic Agrichemical Review Process (SARP) – Updates (MT19008) was undertaken to investigate the current pest problems, agrichemical usage and pest management alternatives for the olive industry across Australia. A...
Feb 9, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business, Olive Diseases
Hort Innovation has announced a new APVMA chemical permit for the control of two significant insect pests of olives, olive lace bug (OLB) and black scale. Trivor Insecticide is a unique insecticide combination of acetamiprid (Group 4A – Neonicotinoid) and...
Jan 12, 2021 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
While fruit fly is not classed as a major pest for our industry, fruit damage by fruit flies is reported regularly by olive growers. So it’s good news that the path towards a more co-ordinated and sustainable fruit fly management system to protect Australia’s...
Dec 15, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
Olive growers across Australia are being alerted to an additional fungal disease which has only recently been identified in olives in Australia. AOA Biosecurity Representative and OliveCare Administrator Peter McFarlane said that Neofabraea vagabunda (Neofabraea...
