October 31, 2024
A Lighter Touch October 2024 newsletter
This month we share lessons learned from the tomatoes biocontrol project, results from onion thrips trials exploring best insecticide practice,…
Programme News
October 31, 2024
Natives provide food and shelter for beneficials
Almost 3000 insects, spiders and mites have been found in native planting at the Pukekohe demonstration farm, designed to provide…
October 31, 2024
BCA knowledge shared with growers
Lessons learned from a project aiming to revitalise integrated pest management in greenhouse tomatoes are helping growers shift from spray-based…
October 31, 2024
Innovation key to ‘lighter touch’ crop protection solutions
For grower-owned co-operative Boysenberries New Zealand, the decision to join A Lighter Touch was driven by their values – they…
October 31, 2024
Onion thrips trials explore best insecticide practice
Trials focused on the sequencing of insecticides for the control of onion thrips found the new combinations being tested may…
October 23, 2024
Brisbane Biological Symposium
Platform 10, CSIRO and Wharf 42 are co-hosting the Brisbane Biological Symposium on Monday 17 February 2025. The Symposium is…
