Could risk-based spraying for black spot improve crop yield and save you thousands?
Spraying apples for diseases like black spot based on real-time disease risk, rather than a fixed calendar, isn’t a new idea in horticulture. But modern technology, improved disease models and better forecasting are now letting growers fine-tune their spray timing – cutting back on unnecessary applications while making the sprays they do use more effective. Could you be spraying better?
Pioneering interactive plant protection tool a first for NZ
HortPlus and Plant & Food Research have upgraded the Myrtle Rust Climate Model with new modelling that gives plant producers real-time spray management advice based on the actual sprays they use in their nursery.
The NZ tech helping growers with smart weather and disease management
An online platform available to New Zealand orchardists through their industry bodies has the potential to lift productivity and save growers thousands of dollars in lost crops.
New digital tool helps growers identify when aphids are reproducing
A new digital tool has been launched to help growers make decisions around aphid management and when to act to prevent damage to their crops.
