Archive: 09/09/2019

Commodity Levy Renewal Round 1 Consultation Outcomes

We’ve now completed the first round of consultation meetings on the commodity levy order renewal.

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NIWA's Sudden Stratospheric Warming warning

NIWA’s recent forecast for a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event during early September brings back memories for those of us in the industry that experienced this weather phenomenon back in...

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Brown Rot, Monilinia Fruiticola, where to from here?

NIWA is predicting unsettled weather in parts of New Zealand for spring and as I write this it is still raining.

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Did you know?

A major Brown Rot report is now available on the Summerfruit NZ Portal, “Managing Pathogen Resistance in Summerfruit”, which is the result of 3 years of work by Plant and...

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Did you know?

The species name Botrytis cinerea is derived from the Latin for "grapes like ashes"; although poetic, the "grapes" refers to the bunching of the fungal spores on their conidiophores, and...

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