May 15, 2025
A Lighter Touch May 2025 newsletter
This month we share several project updates. These include monitoring results from a project seeking biocontrol options for thrips in…
Programme News
May 15, 2025
Survey work identifies pest host plant
A project focusing on the control of thrips in strawberries has identified a weed which is acting as a reservoir…
May 15, 2025
Growing interest in understory benefits
Increasing numbers of Gisborne citrus growers are trialling understory planting for both pest management and soil health benefits, following an…
May 15, 2025
Digging deeper into growing with a ‘lighter touch’
Partnering in A Lighter Touch has allowed Bragato Research Institute to dig deeper into in one of its key research…
May 15, 2025
Beneficials manage aphids in spring barley
A barley crop grown at the Pukekohe Research and Demonstration Farm did not require foliar insecticide application, thanks to beneficial…
