Project Reports

Findings from A Lighter Touch trials evaluating biologicals and innovative synthetic products for control of Ascochyta blight in process and…

Growers will be able to check out diverse orchard understory planting at three Central Otago orchards as the Summerfruit NZ-ALT understory planting project concludes.  Summerfruit NZ and A Lighter Touch…

Reducing insecticide use by two-thirds, and moving from broad-spectrum agrichemicals to more targeted products are changes kūmara grower Luke Posthuma…

Multiple biological products will reduce fungal disease and increase yields for dwarf beans and peas, but further trial refinement and…

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…