PIPS3: Improved Australian apple and pear orchards soil health and plant nutrition
November 18, 2020Hort Innovation has kicked off the third Apple and Pear industry Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS3) program….
Featured Research
October 14, 2020Understanding chemical thinners and growth regulators Chemical thinners and growth regulators can be powerful tools in managing crop…
Contribute to distribution of reseach funding
October 7, 2020Hort Innovation is inviting apple and pear growers and others in the supply chain to join the apple…
Research and Extension Award – Marcel Veens
September 22, 2020The research and Extension award is given to a researcher who has a track record of research or…
Research into bushfire recovery focused on helping growers
August 26, 2020A new national project will focus on delivering practical management options to horticultural industries recovering from bushfires. The…
Biosecurity – What’s in it for me or why should I bother?
July 29, 2020For Australian Fruitgrower magazine APAL Technical Manager Rose Daniel and biosecurity expert Dr. Kevin Clayton-Greene explore what happens…
APFIP Variety Evaluation: Pears that will arrive well before the heirs
June 10, 2020A year into his role as APFIP Operations Manager Tom Frankcomb provides an update on APFIP activity and…
Maximising pollination
May 20, 2020Dr Gordon Brown reviews a paper on the Foraging behaviour of honeybees in apple trees of the Cripps…
Supercharged air electrifies the fight against microbial contamination
May 6, 2020Dr Sukhvinder Pal (SP) Singh, a Food Safety Scientist at NSW DPI, will present as part of APAL’s…
Looking back to the future: building on 50 years’ gains
April 29, 2020This article was written by John Wilton of AgFirst for the Autumn edition of Australian Fruitgrower Magazine. The…
