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Integrated Pest Management
Greenhouse manual – How to improve control of problem pests and reduce the risk of resistance
- Pests that won’t go away – a change is needed
- An Integrated Management Cycle for pest control
- Key Greenhouse Pests (Includes pest fact sheets - see also “Keep It Clean” Farm Hygiene manual for more pest and disease fact sheets)
- Reducing the risk of attack by pests and diseases
- Planning and implementing a monitoring program
- Making improvements to your spray program
- Introducing beneficial insects into your pest control strategy
Keep It Clean Farm Hygiene manual – How to reduce the threat of serious attack by pests and diseases by up to 90%!
- Project aims and activities
- Reducing the risk of pests and diseases occurring in your crop
- Limiting the spread of pests and diseases in the crop
- Understanding the pest and disease threat (includes pest and disease fact sheets showing life cycle and risk factors)
- Register for workshops and disease prevention planning site visit
Case histories booklet
SACOA manual oils and adjuvants
Other resources
- The reality of resistance DVD
- Western Flower Thrips CD
- AUSVEG IPM webpage (access to detailed information requires levy payer registration)
- Biosecurity on farm presentation (PDF), Department of Primary Industries Victoria (English and Vietnamese)
Compost for Soils
How to increase your yields and quality by using high quality compost to improve soil health, improve water efficiency, improve salt management, reduce plant stress from heat and evaporation and possibly reduce pests, diseases, nematodes and fertiliser costs
- Compost for soils (CFS) Fact sheets and other project information (Compost For Soils web site)
- Go Organic conference (Compost For Soils web site)
- Soil Wise DVD
- Soil Health UTE guide and DVD
Business management
- Trainer and consultant using PayEasy software program
- Grower graduate to talk to – Andrew Mathews (0417 050 105) (National veg. industry rep. – AUSVEG IAC)
- Successful Business Management (PDF) - Trevor Linke (85562730 or
0403444104)
Photo caption: Andrew Mathews is a graduate of the "Business Successful Business Management training program". He is a Virginia greenhouse capsicum grower and SA representative on AUSVEG Industry Advisory Committee.
