IPDM Update from the PIPS3 trial site at Rookwood, Tas

Attendees at the APAL Future Orchards®  Tasmania Orchard Walk will have the opportunity to get up close to one of the two core research trial sites of the PIPS3 Program’s Improved Australian apple and pear orchards soil health and plant nutrition (AP19006) project. The AP19006 project is being led by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA), and also includes the Soil Your Undies challenge.

Dr Stephen Quarrell is a leading entomologist with Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and advisor to both PIPS3 Program’s AP19006 project and the Strengthening cultural and biological management of pests and diseases (AP19002) project’s core research conservation bio-control trial, located at Agriculture Victoria’s SmartFarm Experimental Orchard.

In this video, Stephen explains the characteristics of the native species that have been planted in the inter-rows at the PIPS3 trial site in Rookwood, to attract beneficial insects and parasitoids, as well as the monitoring being conducted at this site and the regional sites of the project in NSW, SA, WA and Vic.

Find out more about the project on the PIPS3 AP19006 webpage.

The PIPS3 Program’s project Improved Australian apple and pear orchards soil health and plant nutrition (AP19006)  has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the apple and pear research and development levy, contributions from the Australian Government and co-investment from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture.