The July edition of In Touch shares how knowledge from an A Lighter Touch biodiversity project is being utilised by a catchment group to achieve multiple benefits for growers from native planting. We report on the promising results from ultraviolet light trials in summerfruit and wine grapes, and programme partner the Foundation for Arable Research answers the question, does an A Lighter Touch approach to crop protection pay its way?
Resistance management is in focus with an overview of an industry workshop discussing the updating, maintaining and identification of new resistance management strategies. We also preview next month’s New Zealand Plant Protection Society symposium on pesticide resistance, as well as an upcoming A Lighter Touch educational forum on soilborne diseases.
Click to read In Touch – A Lighter Touch update July 2025.
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