The 2023–24 edition of the Orchard plant protection guide for deciduous fruits in NSW is the latest in a series of annual publications that have supported the pest and disease management decisions of generations of NSW temperate fruit producers for over 60 years. The guide is recognised as a respected and valuable reference for temperate fruit industries.
Dr Allen Benter and Jessica Fearnley outline the NSW DPI Climate-Smart Pilots project investigating protected cropping methods for cherries at Orange, NSW. This initial report (page 6) describes the trial and some preliminary results for temperature, humidity, wind speed and fruit quality attributes of cherries under the protective covers.
Jess Fearnley provides an outline of the new NSW DPI-led Hort Innovation project ‘Extension and communication for the Australian cherry industry (CY22002)’ on page 10.
The NSW seasonal climate outlook for August 2023 indicates an increased likelihood of warmer than average temperatures for most of NSW from September to November 2023. There is an increased likelihood of rainfall being below average to well below average for most of NSW for the same period. This is due to the combined effects of a positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and El NiƱo. This edition of the guide includes a timely feature article by Kevin Dodds, Jess Fearnley and Jeremy Bright entitled ‘Water and crop management strategies for temperate fruit orchards during drought’ on page 14.
Reflecting on elevated fungal disease levels in NSW orchards following several seasons of wet conditions in the key temperate fruit regions, Jess Fearnley and Kevin Dodds have prepared an article entitled ‘Spotlight on apple scab’ (page 18) which focuses on seasonal conditions that have favoured the disease and some important steps to reducing disease pressure and gaining control of the primary infection phase of this important apple and pear disease.
The authors would like to acknowledge Dr Sally Bound of the Tasmanian Institute for Agriculture for her contribution to the section Chemical thinners for pome and stone fruits on page 134.
Distribution
The guide is available free to commercial fruit growers and is distributed to rural retailers and key industry bodies in pome and stone fruit growing regions. Additional copies can be obtained through NSW DPI Tocal bookshop (https://shop.regional.nsw.gov.au/collections/horticulture).
Company Name | Street Address | City/Town | Postcode | Phone |
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Local Land Services Armidale | 126-130 Taylor Street | Armidale | 2350 | 02 6770 2000 |
Central Tablelands Local Land Services | 66 Corporation Avenue | Bathurst | 2795 | 02 6333 2300 |
Batlow Apples | Forest Road | Batlow | 2730 | 02 6941 4200 |
EE Muir & Sons | Forest Road | Batlow | 2730 | 02 6949 3900 |
Local Land Services | 34 Auckland Street | Bega | 2550 | 02 6491 7800 |
Local Land Services | 42 Ryrie Street | Braidwood | 2622 | 02 4842 3800 |
Local Land Services Buronga | 32 Enterprise Way | Buronga | 2739 | 0427 932 526 |
Department of Primary Industries Coffs Harbour | Level 1, 30 Park Avenue | Coffs Harbour | 2450 | 02 6650 3111 |
Central Tablelands Local Land Services | 30 Lynch Street | Cowra | 2794 | 02 6341 9300 |
Local Land Services | Level G, 159 Auburn Street | Goulburn | 2580 | 02 4824 1900 |
AGnVET Services | 26-28 Banna Avenue | Griffith | 2680 | 02 6964 2999 |
Elders | 11 Banna Avenue | Griffith | 2680 | 02 6969 2900 |
NSW DPI / LLS | Farm 217 Murray Road | Hanwood | 2680 | 02 6960 1337 |
AGnVET Services | 13-15 Brady Way | Leeton | 2705 | 02 6953 3803 |
Elders | 115 Pittown Road | McGraths Hill | 2756 | 02 4577 3705 |
Persimmons Australia | 36 Harvey Street | Mount Lofty | 4350 | 0407 103 852 |
Central Tablelands Local Land Services | 112 Market Street | Mudgee | 2850 | 02 63781700 |
Cudgegong Rural Supplies | 36 Sydney Road | Mudgee | 2850 | 0499 003570 |
Nutrien Ag Solutions | 10 Sydney Road | Mudgee | 2850 | 02 6372 1311 |
Appledale Processors | 5 Stephen Place | Orange | 2800 | 02 6361 4422 |
EE Muir & Sons | 81-89 Elsham Ave | Orange | 2800 | 02 63635300 |
NSW DPI, Orange Ag Institute | 1447 Forest Road | Orange | 2800 | 02 6391 3953 |
Central Coast Primary Industries Centre | North Loop Road, Ourimbah Campus University of Newcastle | Ourimbah | 2258 | 02 4348 1900 |
NSW Department of Primary Industries - Tocal College | 815 Tocal Rd | Patterson | 2421 | 0400 524 685 |
Greater Sydney Local Land Services | Level 4, 2-6 Station Street | Penrith | 2750 | 0448 549 292 |
Ace Ohlsson | Store 7 Warehouse J | Sydney Markets | 2129 | 02 9746 6640 |
Elders | 154 Adelong Road | Tumut | 2720 | 02 6981 3100 |
NSW Department of Primary Industries | 64 Fitzroy Street | Tumut | 2720 | 02 6941 1405 |
NSW DPI | 1243 Bruxner Highway | Wollongbar | 2477 | 02 6626 1350 |
Yenda Producers | 59-61 Mirrool Avenue | Yenda | 2681 | 02 6961 3300 |
Delta Ag | 287 Boorowa Street | Young | 2594 | 02 6382 6623 |
Local Land Services Young | 93 Main Street | Young | 2594 | 02 6381 4700 |
Nutrien Ag Solutions | 99 Lovell Street | Young | 2594 | 02 63827600 |
Thomsons Rural Supplies | 69 Boorowa Street | Young | 2594 | 02 6382 5633 |
This document is not fully web accessible, please contact amanda.warren-smith@dpi.nsw.gov.au for more information.