Cultivating Healthy Soil – PIPS3 Update
May 17, 2022In this video, Dr Stephen Quarrell, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, provides an update on the soil biology and…
PIPS3 harvest at Rookwood
May 4, 2022It’s harvest time, and the PIPS3 team for the project AP19006 – Improved Australian apple and pear orchard…
PIPS3 Team Forum accelerates knowledge exchange between partners
March 15, 2022Researchers from across the PIPS3 Program projects were joined by members of APAL and Hort Innovation, as well…
Effects of crop load on fruit quality in ‘Rosy Glow’ apples
February 15, 2022This article originally appeared in the Summer 2021 edition of AFG, available online here. Higher crop loads have an…
Heating and cooling tests at Tatura – PIPS3 update
February 9, 2022The PIPS3 AP19005 Developing smarter and sustainable pear orchards to maximise fruit quality, yield and labour efficiency project…
Tech-driven fruit diameter and colour measurement – PIPS3 update
February 1, 2022Dr Ian Goodwin (Research Leader, Ag Vic) and Dr Alessio Scalisi (Senior Technical Officer, Ag Vic) give an…
Using tech and data for apple orchard management and optimal crop load – a PIPS3 update
January 26, 2022Dr Ian Goodwin (Research Leader, Ag Vic) and Dr Alessio Scalisi (Senior Technical Officer, Ag Vic) give an…
IPDM Monitoring of Conservation Bio-control Plots – PIPS3 update
December 19, 2021What impact could native plant species have on pests and beneficial insects in the orchard? Greg Lefoe (Senior…
Down and dirty with soil health in WA
December 14, 2021Managing and protecting soil health has been recognised as fundamentally important to Western Australia’s $11 billion-a-year agrifood industry in the…
Irrigation scheduling in the Sundial Orchard – PIPS3 update
What will best practice for irrigation management look like in the orchards of the future? One intended outcome…
