News on Crop Protection from Oceania

Big savings in reducing insecticide use.
May 04, 2023

Potatoes New Zealand meeting on the benefits of IPM: Big savings by reducing insecticide use.

By adopting integrated pest management (IPM) practices growers are not on their own, Australian entomologist, Dr Paul Horne, told Pukekohe potato growers at a Potatoes New Zealand research update breakfast meeting in late March.
 World Potato Congress Webinar: 'Integrated Pest Management in Potato Production'
March 31, 2021

World Potato Congress Webinar: 'Integrated Pest Management in Potato Production'

The World Potato Congress is extremely pleased to present its next webinar on Tuesday, April 6, 2021/Wednesday, April 7, 2021, with Dr. Paul Horne, Entomologist, and owner and Director of IPM Technologies Pty Ltd., Hurstbridge, Victoria, Australia.
IPM approach seed potato growers Kangaroo Island hops to mainland Australia
June 19, 2017

IPM approach seed potato growers Kangaroo Island hops to mainland Australia

Seed potato growers on Kangaroo Island - an island off the mainland of South Australia - are successfully adopting a new strategy to manage the aphids and thrips pestering their crops, taking on expert advice from agronomists and entomologists to adopt integrated pest management for these insect pests.
Mesh cover highly effective at keeping pests off potatoes, Lincoln University researchers find
March 15, 2017

Mesh cover highly effective at keeping pests off potatoes, Lincoln University researchers find

In New Zealand, a team of Lincoln University researchers is impressed with the results from a trial of a mesh cover that is used to protect potato crops from insect pests.
Discovery of Potato Psyllids in Western Australia a serious blow to the industry
February 14, 2017

Discovery of Potato Psyllids in Western Australia a serious blow to the industry

Potato producers in south-west Western Australia say the detection of the potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) is a "serious blow" to their industry. The detection of the psyllid may put national and international exports in jeopardy.
AUSVEG: Wasp warfare with avid aphid-eating parasites can help prevent resistence
July 06, 2016

AUSVEG: Wasp warfare with avid aphid-eating parasites can help prevent pesticide resistance

With pesticide resistance rising in species of aphids which feed on potatoes and spread viruses, one of the best control options for growers battling these pests may be found in nature, free of charge: parasitic wasps.
Biological control of Potato Psyllids by Parasitic Wasp approved by New Zealand Authority
June 20, 2016

Biological control of Potato Psyllids by Parasitic Wasp approved by New Zealand Authority

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of New Zealand has approved a type of parasitic wasp as a biological control agent to combat the tomato potato psyllid (a plant louse), which attacks tomatoes, potatoes, capsicums and tamarillos in the country.
Potato Psyllids (Courtesy: Center for Invasive Species Research)
July 23, 2015

Potatoes New Zealand: Potato Psyllid well under control thanks to research

Potatoes New Zealand chief executive Champak Mehta says the industry now has the potato psyllid well under control thanks to the knowledge gained through research.
Jordan Brooke-Barnett, president of AUSVEG SA, left, hands the award to SARDI Executive Director Prof Pauline Mooney, with senior research officer Mike Rettke and SARDI Soil Biology and Diagnostics research leader Dr Alan McKay, right.
July 30, 2014

Potato Soil testing service Predicta Pt Awarded by AUSVEG

Predicta Pt, the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) soil testing service for the potato industry, has received the John Deere Productivity Partner Award at the 2014 AUSVEG Awards for Excellence in June.
Ejemplar de mariquita
March 24, 2013

Nueva Zelanda: Los psílidos de la papa se convertirán en pasto para las mariquitas

Las mariquitas podrían ser la clave para la salvación de un insecto transmisor de una bacteria para la industria de la papa de Nueva Zelanda.
Southern Ladybird
March 11, 2013

Potato Psyllid control with the Southern ladybird advances to field tests

Research conducted by the Bio-Protection Research Centre at Lincoln University, using the southern ladybird as a biological control agent, has shown the predator to be voracious and effective at reducing tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) numbers.
March 06, 2013

Tasmanian Biofumigation pioneers push potato rotations

Biofumigation is being used in Tasmania to reduce vegetable cropping rotations and boost yields.

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