June 2018 PIT Group Meeting, Waikerie and Irymple – Presentations

THEME

The June 2018 round of PIT Groups were held at the Loxton Research Centre and Irymple Research Centre (AgVic).  28 growers and Industry people attended the meetings.  Dr Ben Thomas spoke on the winter pruning of mature trees, Dr Cathy Taylor gave an excellent presentation on Carpophilus beetle and the devasation it has caused in the almond industry and the vital importance of orchard sanitation.  Blair Grossman continued the theme with Carob Moth, Chris Joyce described the new APPC benchmarking data set and Craig Feutrill describe how to navigate the PGAI PIT Group website.

Presentations
  • Ben Thomas:  Winter pruning of mature Pistachio trees – Link: P2018-06-27pruning-BT
  • Dr Cathy Taylor:  Carpophilus beetle, problems in Almonds and the need for orchard sanitation – Link: PIT presentation Carpophilus and carob moth_CT_BG
  • Blair Grossman:  Carob Moth damage in almonds and orchard sanitation – part of the presentation above.
  • Chris Joyce:  Understanding the new APPC benchmarking data. – Link: Benchmarking 2018_CJ
  • Craig Feutrill:  Navigating the PGAI PIT Group website – online demonstration
  • Report for this Pit Group Meeting can be found here:  June_2018_PITGroup_Report

Photo Gallery for the June 2018 PIT Group meeting