Australian Macadamia Society

Pesticide Management On-farm: sensitive areas, buffer zones, chemical storage and disposal

2024 | Bright J, Gregoson A | Fact Sheet

Macadamia growers have a duty of care when applying crop protection products. There are many things to consider before, during and after applying crop protection products. This fact sheet outlines these considerations and requirements of growers for record keeping, sensitive areas, storage and bunding and much more.

Best Practice Bee Management in Macadamia

2020 | Bright J | Fact Sheet

Bees (honey and native) and other insects play a critical role in pollinating macadamias. Inadequate pollination results in poor nut set and lower crop yields. It is important to have bees and other insect pollinators in the orchard at flowering to ensure successful pollination and setting up the crop potential for the season to come.

Macadamia Nutrition Guidelines

- | AMS | Fact Sheet

Macadamia nutrition guidelines - an excerpt from the Macadamia Grower's Toolkit.

Macadamia flower blight control

2024 | Kojetin L | Fact Sheet

Fact sheet providing monitoring and control options for macadamia flower blight. Updated April 2024.

Monitoring and Managing Post-harvest Quality in Macadamia

2024 | Jones K | Fact Sheet

AMS’ recent MacGroups featured post-harvest management expert Kim Jones, Director of Cropwatch Independent Laboratories. The session provided participants with practical ways growers can retain nut quality on-farm. This resource summarises useful monitoring and management tips.

Assessing Phytophthora slow decline in macadamia severity scale

2023 | Australian Macadamia Society, University of Queensland | Fact Sheet

A quick view severity scale as a guide to assist in assessing Phytophthora slow decline in macadamia.

Managing storm damage

2022 | Australian Macadamia Society | Fact Sheet

This fact sheet summarises ways growers can build storm resilience and recover more quickly from storm damage.

Ground cover

2022 | Australian Macadamia Society | Fact Sheet

The orchard floor is the engine room of any orchard. One of the best options for improving long-term orchard floor productivity and sustainability is to improve ground coverage. This fact sheet outlines the benefits of ground cover and considerations for management. Each growing region is different and a tailored solution for your orchard and the resources you have available will be required.
Healthy ground cover provides physical and biological benefits, maximises natural crop inputs and improves resilience.

Trichlorfon permit renewed with stricter use restraints

2022 | - | Fact Sheet

Hort Innovation has informed the AMS that a permit which it holds for Trichlorfon (trade names Dipterex and Lepidex amongst others) has been renewed after APVMA review.

Dropsheet principles

2021 | Australian Macadamia Society | Fact Sheet

This fact sheet goes through some general principles and considerations for using drop sheets in macadamia orchards including materials, timing, placement, product, safety, equipment and identification.

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