A series of workshops focusing on implementing an integrated pest management (IPM) approach to vegetable production is open to attendees throughout New Zealand.
Hosted by Vegetables New Zealand, with support from with A Lighter Touch and the Bioeconomy Science Institute (BSI), Plant & Food Research group, is hosting the series of IPM workshops. Running weekly from October 7 until December 2, they can be attended in-person at the Pukekohe Research and Demonstration Farm or attendees can join online for the classroom sessions.
The IPM workshops will have classroom and field sessions.
The crop of focus is lettuce, but information on onions and barley will also be included. Topics will include crop monitoring, identification of pests and beneficial insects and understanding key diseases. The workshops are for growers, agronomists, and crop advisors and aim to familiarise attendees with implementing IPM in vegetable production.
Each session will be split into two parts, a field-based session in the lettuce crop, and a classroom session where participants will discuss the findings from the field. The final session on December 2 will be co-hosted with the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) and will discuss the IPM approach taken to crop management of a spring barley crop.
Attendees are welcome to join the workshops after the series has started.
Register and find more information on the vegetable IPM workshops here.
Lettuce crop with flowering plantings to boost biodiversity behind.
