Project Reports

Fickle, unsettled, erratic … call it what you will, but the challenging weather growers have faced this season has been conducive to disease pressure, benefitting efficacy and…

Work is underway this summer field-testing traps designed to lure black field crickets, a pest which causes significant economic damage…

Containment trials are getting underway to test a new-to-New Zealand bioinsecticide against the priority brassica pest, diamondback moth (DBM).  The trials, being undertaken in a secure, purpose-built facility by Bioeconomy Science…

Growers asking, “what’s the value to me?” may soon be able to find out the commercial implications of investing in…

A Boysenberries NZ-A Lighter Touch project has taken a proactive approach to resistance management in testing for reduced sensitivity to…

Feedback from those attending field walks focusing on understory planting reflected an increase in knowledge and understanding of the benefits…

A new management tool is being sought for a bacterial disease which has caused significant losses for tomato growers and…

A review of global regulatory processes for registering biological crop protection products has generated a series of recommendations for improvements…

A Lighter Touch’s residue and efficacy trial work this season is evaluating 53 products across 22 trials, targeting high priority…

A Lighter Touch (ALT) is establishing a community of practice for people working in extension to enable peer-to-peer learning, networking…