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...
Dec 15, 2020 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
The olive industry is moving forward successfully with the adoption of IPDM (integrated pest and disease management) practices, and chemicals still play an important role for many growers, particularly in terms of early and spot spraying to control insect pests and...
Nov 9, 2020 | Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
A $15 million project led by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) aims to boost national capacity for the early and accurate detection of exotic plant pests. GRDC Senior Manager Biosecurity and Regulation Ken Young said the innovative project will...
Oct 13, 2020 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases
A creative and innovative new project is getting young people involved in Australian biosecurity, deputising them as Pest Warriors on the search for “bad guy bugs” which may find their way into the country. An initiative of the Urban Plant Health Network, the Pest...
