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Orchard plant protection guide for deciduous fruits in NSW
Summary
The 2022-23 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. The guide is recognised as a respected and valuable reference for temperate fruit industries.
Feature articles
Market access negotiations are complex and often require evidence-based crop protection strategies to meet import conditions. In this edition, Jane Muller and Rieks Van Klinken of CSIRO Health and Biosecurity outline the ongoing development and domestic testing of a systems-based protocol for cherries and fruit fly (page 6).
At the time of our review NSW DPI Biosecurity and partner agencies were actively engaged in an emergency biosecurity response following an incursion of the exotic pest varroa mite, first detected in sentinel hives at the Port of Newcastle in late June 2022.
In this edition, we reproduce the DPI Primefact 861 Varroa mites, authored by Doug Somerville, Technical Specialist, Honey Bees and updated by Madlen Kratz, Honey Bee Industry Development Officer.
Dr Sally Bound of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture provides an update to her popular section on Orchard Crop Load Management (page 131).
Herbicide MoA alignment
Herbicide Mode of Action (MoA) classifications have been updated internationally to capture new active constituents and ensure the MoA system is globally relevant. The global MoA classification system is based on numerical codes that provide infinite capacity to accommodate new herbicide MoA, unlike the alphabetical codes currently used in Australia. In this edition of the guide, we have updated our Herbicide MoA listings to include both the new and old group identifiers. See 'Managing weeds' on page 141.
Distribution
The guide is available free to commercial fruit growers and is distributed to the following rural retailers and key industry bodies in pome and stone fruit growing regions:
Company Name | Street Address | City/Town | Postcode | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ag n Vet Services | 13-15 Brady Way | Leeton | 2705 | 02 6953 3803 |
Ag n Vet Services | 26-28 Banna Avenue | Griffith | 2680 | 02 6964 2999 |
Appledale Processors | 5 Stephen Place | Orange | 2800 | 02 6361 4422 |
Batlow Fruit Co-op Ltd | Forest Road | Batlow | 2730 | 02 6941 4211 |
| Cudgegong Rural Supplies | 36 Sydney Road | Mudgee | 2850 | 0499 003570 |
| Delta Ag | 287 Boorowa Street | Young | 2594 | 02 6382 6622 |
| EE Muir & Sons | 81-89 Elsham Ave | Orange | 2800 | 02 6362 7366 |
| EE Muir & Sons | Forest Road | Batlow | 2730 | 02 6949 1696 |
| Elders | 11 Banna Avenue | Griffith | 2680 | 02 6969 2900 |
| Elders/Ace Ohlsson | 115 Pittown Road | McGraths Hill | 2756 | 02 4577 3705 |
| Local Land Services – Bathurst | 66 Corporation Avenue | Bathurst | 2795 | 02 6333 2300 |
| Local Land Services – Bega | 2/83 Upper Street | Bega | 2550 | 02 6491 7800 |
| Local Land Services – Cowra | 30 Lynch Street | Cowra | 2794 | 02 6331 1377 |
| Local Land Services – Goulburn | Level G, 159 Auburn Street | Goulburn | 2580 | 02 4824 1900 |
| Local Land Services – Greater Sydney | 4/2-6 Station Street | Penrith | 2750 | 1300 795 299 |
| Local Land Services – Hunter | 816 Tocal Road, Patterson | Patterson | 2421 | 02 4930 1030 |
| Local Land Services – Mudgee | 112 Market Street | Mudgee | 2850 | 0428 435 615 |
| Local Land Services – Murray | 32 Enterprise Way | Buronga | 2739 | 0427 932 526 |
| Local Land Services – Northern Tablelands | 126-130 Taylor street | Armidale | 2350 | 02 6770 2000 |
| Local Land Services – Riverina | 93 Main Street | Young | 2594 | 02 63814700 |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries – Central Coast | North Loop Road, Ourimbah Campus University of Newcastle | Ourimbah | 2258 | 02 4348 1900 |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries – Coffs Harbour | Level 1, 30 Park Avenue | Coffs Harbour | 2450 | 02 6650 3111 |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries – Hanwood | Farm 217, Murray Road | Hanwood | 2680 | 02 6960 1337 |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries – Orange | 1447 Forest Road | Orange | 2800 | 02 6391 3986 |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries – Tumut | 64 Fitzroy Street | Tumut | 2720 | 02 6941 1405 |
| NSW Department of Primary Industries – Wollongbar | 1243 Bruxner Highway | Wollongbar | 2477 | 02 6626 1350 |
| NSW Prune Growers Association | Farm 147, Kidman Way | Hanwood | 2680 | 0427 630 548 |
| Nutrien Ag Solutions | 10 Sydney Road | Mudgee | 2850 | 02 6372 1311 |
| Nutrien Ag Solutions | 99 Lovell Street | Young | 2594 | 02 63827600 |
| Persimonns Australia | 36 Harvey Street | Mount Lofty | 4350 | 0407 103 852 |
| Thomsons Rural Supplies | 69 Boorowa Street | Young | 2594 | 02 6382 5633 |
| Yenda Producers | 59-61 Mirrool Avenue | Yenda | 2681 | 02 6968 1011 |
For a hard copy of the guide, please contact:
Kevin Dodds, 0427 918 315, kevin.dodds@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Jessica Fearnley, 0437 284 010, jessica.fearnley@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Accessibility
This document is not fully web accessible, please contact amanda.warren-smith@dpi.nsw.gov.au for more information.
