Planting systems for blush pears
September 3, 2018Agriculture Victoria shares the results of their experiment within the Profitable Pears project to help identify the best…
Understanding Biennial Bearing in Apples – 2018 Update
August 21, 2018Why do some apple cultivars bear biennially? Listen to Jens Wünsche, University of Hohenheim, Germany, and Dario Stefanelli,…
Speed updating gives growers a fast serve of current R&D
In June, as part of Hort Connections 2018, APAL ran its annual Speed Updating event where industry researchers…
Understanding Biennial Bearing in Apples – 2018 Update
Why do some apple cultivars bear biennially? Listen to Jens Wünsche, University of Hohenheim, Germany, and Dario Stefanelli,…
PIPS program contribution recognised
July 11, 2018Industry awards recognising the excellence of two of the program’s researchers and a successful mid-term review highlight the…
Killer wasps and better pheromones target codling moth
June 25, 2018Changes to the types of pesticide available for use in fruit production, and the progress of research into biological…
Make a smart crop load management choice
February 21, 2018In a commercial orchard in Tasmania a mix of different thinning and crop load management techniques have been…
What becomes of nitrogen in your orchard?
December 21, 2017Researchers are using nitrogen-tracing technology to help improve apple fruit quality and optimise nitrogen use efficiency by investigating…
Exploring plant growth regulator use in new pears
August 21, 2017Researchers at the Horticulture Centre of Excellence in Victoria are exploring the effects of using plant growth regulators…
Precision crop load management without chemicals
August 1, 2017In the lead-up to spring, University of Tasmania researcher Sally Bound updates us with the latest and very…
