Optimising Spray Application Part 3: Droplets
Droplet size matters. In Part 3 of our Optimising Spray Application video series, Alison MacGregor and New Zealand spray application expert David Manktelow explore droplets – droplet size, droplet behaviour, the term spray quality, and how all that comes together to determine the success of your coverage.
Optimising Spray Application Part 2: Targets
Understanding targets when you’re setting up your sprayer is key to improving spray application. As the canopy changes through the season, targets change and so adjusting your air and water is critical to ensuring the target is always met.
Optimising Spray Application Part 1: Basic Principles
Growers spend a lot of time and money on their spray program, so enhancing spray application in vineyards is critical. The ATGA produced a series of videos on optimising vineyard spray application as a result of some spray application workshops hosted in 2022. The first of these videos looks at the big picture, and the […]
Profile: Alysson Barbosa Vieira
From the Brazilian hinterland to Australia’s back roads, Alysson Barbosa Vieira is a professional agronomist with a passion for table grapes and an extensive technical knowledge. Alysson has had a dedicated 15-year career in table grape production, which followed a degree in agronomy at the University of Bahia State in Brazil, and several years in […]
Pick of the Bunch • 15 February 2024
In this Pick of the Bunch, new Bait Like a Boss video, latest horticulture statistics out now and more.
VIDEO: Bait Like a Boss: Part 3 – Where to land bait
Want to Bait Like a Boss? You need to know where to land bait! Watch part 3 of our Bait Like a Boss video series to uncover the perfect conditions for fruit fly to dine on bait, or find out more information: bit.ly/Queenslandfruitflyresources
Pick of the Bunch • 1 February 2024
In this Pick of the Bunch, new fruit fly resources for producers and much more.
Table Grape International Marketing Program Industry Briefing
The ATGA will host a Table Grape International Marketing Program Industry Briefing next month. Join us at 1pm, Wednesday 14 February for an online event, where we explore international marketing program activities, including key dates for campaigns and launch events and more. **Please note: this event is open only to growers and exporters of Australian […]
VIDEO: Bait Like a Boss: Part 2 – Recognising fruit flies and their damage
Understanding fruit fly behaviour, and how to bait spray for control, is an essential part of any table grape producer’s integrated pest and disease management program. Want to Bait Like a Boss? You need to know your enemy. Watch part 2 of our Bait Like a Boss video series on identifying fruit fly.
VIDEO: Bait Like a Boss: Part 1 – What’s in fruit fly bait?
Understanding fruit fly behaviour, and how to bait spray for control, is an essential part of any table grape producer’s integrated pest and disease management program.