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Novel technologies and practices for the optimisation of pollination within protected cropping environments (ST19000)
2021 | Hort Innovation | Research report/Update
Using a multifaceted approach, this program will focus on the productivity and quality of pollination in protected cropping environments. The aim is to understand the current impediments to adequate pollination, then improve these systems through the use of advanced technology.
MacAlert - September 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
Key messages this month include: • Continue to monitor at least twice per week for pest and diseases that affect flowers. • Lace bug, flower caterpillar and flower diseases such as Botrytis and Cladosporium are more prevalent in some regions. Monitor weather conditions and known hotspots within the orchard. • Discuss control options with your pest consultant or grower liaison officer to select strategies and application timings that will have minimal impact on beneficials such as bees. • Communicate with your beekeeper on stocking rates and hive positions to develop a plan that provides flexibility for you both, and crucially, keeps bees safe. • Tree water demand is increasing with the warmer weather • Discuss tree nutritional demand and spring soil and leaf sampling with your consultant • After mulching remaining nuts to reduce the risk of rats and kernel grubs, consider reduced mowing strategies to allow grass and other inter-row species to flower.
Benefits of double ground wood chip (August 2021 MacGroup)
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Alloway Macadamias farm manager Johan Oosthuizen and Macadamias Australia Grower Liasion Rohan Orford show how horizontal grinding is assisting to produce a high quality double ground wood mulch from trees being removed in high density orchards. The horizontal grinding process helps to control mulch particle size and the resultant wood strands form a much better orchard floor surface and root growing environment than traditional wood chip from a tub grinder.
AMS News Bulletin Spring 2021
2021 | Evans L, Maginnity S, Kojetin L, Bond D, Smit T, Bright J, Jones K, Searle C, Akinsanmi F, Wilkie J, Huwer R, Maddox C, Trueman S, Smith M, Topp B, Llewellyn R, Bignell G, Burnett J, Price J, Alam M, Makim A, Howlett B, Read S, Cutting B, Elmouttie D, Smit A, Carr C, Govender A, Kamper W, Nichols J, Ogbourne S, Adkins M, Zakeel MCM, De Silva A, Hosseini S, Hawkes D, Peters T, Jochym M, Jesson L, Dorey J, Haase M | News Bulletin
New digital grant to improve microclimate monitoring and decision making
New industry marketing fund to strengthen the future
Positioning the macadamia for a prosperous future
Understanding the risk of crop loss to macadamia nut borer
IPM in macadamia: not one strategy but different options
The changing face of macadamia inter row management
New insights into the cause of AVG syndrome in macadamia
Turning a renovator’s delight into a productive macadamia orchard
Effective rodent baiting programs in macadamia orchards
Describing flowering and nut set stages for common ground
Cross-pollination vs self-pollination: effects on nut size and kernel recovery
Managing pollination: will bees go the distance?
Why are bees important?
The benefits of native bees for macadamia growers
Simple solutions for supplying water to bees
Countering cultural amnesia
Macadamia industry supports Reef certification program
Thriving on an abundance of diversity
Macadamia ecophysiology enlightening management Part 3
Making life easier on the farm
New KiTT technology to automate mowing
Macadamia Change Makers take centre stage in new campaign
Kernel quality – remaining cream of the crop
New macadamia rootstocks worth a crack
Rootstock trial established at Nambour
Cross pollination for macadamias (August 2021 MacGroups)
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
The first of our series of online MacGroup videos is out now! Professor Stephen Trueman (Griffith University) poses the question: how important is cross-pollination for macadamia? Stephen shares results and insights from recent macadamia orchard research.
Innovative mulcher developed by macadamia grower Lance Emery
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Video
Lance runs Mill Farm in Nashua in the NSW Northern Rivers region with his wife, Ina. The farm’s productive acres are on very steep country, and over the years Lance has worked hard maximising ground cover and minimising erosion. Watch now to learn about the new machine developed by Lance, protecting ground cover and controlling pest.
MacAlert - August 2021
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Manual/guide
Key messages this month include: • Start monitoring for pest and diseases that impact flowers, paying particular attention to out-of-season flower problems that can build up and a wet August forecast. • Active environmental and visual monitoring for pests such as lace bug and flower caterpillar and diseases such as flower blight start. • As the weather warms tree nutrition and water requirements increase, particularly once flowers emerge. • At the end of harvest, review the season including: o Machinery/equipment performance and required upgrades o Processor consignment reports o Crop loss assessments and yield monitoring o Orchard health assessment • Prepare for the start of new crop protection season. • Now is the time to think about seeding a cover crop. • Pollination is round the corner and managed hives need to be arranged.
Pollination
2021 | Australian Macadamia Society, Trueman S, Wallace H | Fact Sheet
Pollination by agents such as insects underpins production in many crops, including macadamias. Ensuring efficient and effective pollination is one way that growers can increase nut yield in orchards.
Environmental effects on flower blight pathogens
2021 | Akinsanmi F, Prassannath K, Galea VJ | Article
Flower blights (grey mould, green mould and dry flower) are important diseases of macadamia. Lack of information on pathogen biology and disease epidemiology in macadamia has hampered control options. Effects of climatic variables including temperature, relative humidity (RH) and vapour pressure deficit (VPD) on the abundance, germination and growth of conidia of four fungal pathogens that cause various flower blights in macadamia were studied.
Macadamia Plant Protection Guide 2021 - 2022, NSW DPI Management Guide
2021 | Bright J | Manual/guide
This 7th edition of the NSW Macadamia plant protection guide aims to provide commercial macadamia growers with up-to-date information on all aspects of protecting your orchard from pests and diseases.
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