Jan 12, 2021 | Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News, Research
The re-scheduled AOA Healthy Soils Field Days program is set to go ahead, however will now be confirmed by individual event due to the ever-changing restrictions around the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is scheduled to run during February and March 2021 in major...
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...
Dec 7, 2020 | Feature Articles, Research, Water
Ketema Zeleke, School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga; EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Wagga Wagga This article is part of a series reviewing early olive R&D reports, and covers two publications dealing with...
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...
Sep 15, 2020 | Grove Innovation News, Olive Diseases, Research
Pest and disease experts Dr Robert Spooner-Hart and Len Tesoriero have travelled the country over the past two years as part of the olive R&D project An integrated pest and disease management extension program for the olive industry (OL17001). The objective of...
Jul 14, 2020 | Grove Innovation News, International News/Trends, Research
COVID-19 is not the only infection striking fear across the world, with news from Europe of the continuing spread of Xylella fastidiosa (aka olive quick decline disease). Since the initial outbreak in 2013, Xylella has now invaded 23,000 ha of olives in southern Italy...