VegeNotes - your levy at work

The lettuce aphid - Nasonovia ribis-nigri - is a major pest of salad crops, particularly lettuce. Originating from Northern Europe,... Go to article.

Every process in the journey of delivering vegetables, right from the field through to the consumer, can be thought of as a link... Go to article.

Biosecurity is a general description for a series of measures designed to protect individual farming properties, businesses and... Go to article.

Fungal, nematode, viral and bacterial diseases can affect carrots at any stage of the crop, from seedlings to cold storage. ... Go to article.

Freshcare Limited was formed in 2000, as a not-for-profit company, to manage the Freshcare Program on behalf of the horticultural... Go to article.

IPM stands for ‘Integrated Pest Management’ and is used to control pests without relying on pesticides alone. With... Go to article.

Fresh produce growers and packers need to implement Quality Assurance (QA) systems as Businesses handling food are required to... Go to article.

Growers of horticultural crops frequently suffer from a lack of approved crop protection products. The problem is that whilst their... Go to article.

Plant Protectants are used in the vegetable industry to control pests, diseases and weeds. The majority of these products are applied... Go to article.

The most important diseases affecting greenhouse cucumbers across Australia were root rot, stem rot and wilt. In many cases, plants... Go to article.

Some species of plant-parasitic nematodes are a significant constraint to carrot production. Root knot nematode (RKN) (Meloidogyne... Go to article.

Sclerotinia diseases cause major loss in many horticultural crops (e.g. lettuce, beans, carrots, brassicas and peas). Intense... Go to article.

Basic strategies used to manage weeds are adapted and integrated to suit the different production systems. The overall aim is to... Go to article.

Slugs are a major economic pest in most horticultural crops. Slugs are primarily pests of vegetable and cereal crops. They feed... Go to article.

Insecticide resistance is a problem of modern agriculture. Since the 1950s and the introduction of synthetic organic insecticides,... Go to article.

Diseases caused by viruses are among the most common cause of loss to capsicum growers across Australia. Symptoms of several virus... Go to article.

Silverleaf Whitefly (SLW) (Bemisia tabaci biotype B) is a major worldwide pest of cotton, vegetables and soybeans. It arrived in... Go to article.

Western Flower Thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis, is one of the most damaging pests to confront the Australian vegetable... Go to article.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) helps growers select the best tool to manage pests. There are five steps in this strategy:... Go to article.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) helps growers select the best tool to manage pests. Moth Diamondback Moth (DBM), Plutella... Go to article.

Integrated Pest Management - IPM - strategies aim to reduce the pest population to a minimum by taking into account the various... Go to article.

The Australian Vegetable Industry Development Network operated for ten years between 1998-2008. The network enhancing communication... Go to article.

The National Vegetable Levy was introduced in 1996, after considerable nation-wide consultation, at the request of AUSVEG. Having... Go to article.

Reclamation and reuse of a variety of treated wastewaters on food crops has been practiced for more than 50 years around the world.... Go to article.

A 2002 study on the quality of waste wash water used on Australian vegetable farms revealed some treatment would be needed before... Go to article.

Good irrigation management is vital to achieve efficient use of water combined with high yields and quality in vegetable crops.... Go to article.

Downloads of recent VegeNotes are now available to registered users from the AusVeg website.  2007 ... Go to article.