Project Reports

First year results from the summerfruit understory project aiming to enhance orchard biodiversity has seen a higher abundance of beneficial…

PCR laboratory testing, which became a household phrase during the Covid pandemic, is being used in the first stages of…

A new project seeking new control options for mealybugs in persimmons will also benefit four other A Lighter Touch product…

A project focusing on soil-borne diseases in buttercup squash is learning from other crops in the same plant family, such…

A Lighter Touch (ALT) is being credited with connecting the dots between the crop protection and crop production industries and…

The first seeds have been sown for a project seeking crop protection solutions to soilborne diseases costing New Zealand buttercup…

Months of rain, including a 260mm overnight deluge, has created challenges for a Vegetables NZ-A Lighter Touch project trialling native…

Consumer demand, market access requirements, and diminishing existing crop protection solutions are the drivers behind a project trialling biological controls…

Identification of possible control options for a pest causing significant harm to kūmara crops is the focus of a new…

Soilborne diseases costing New Zealand buttercup squash growers an average of $20 million a year in lost revenue are the…