August / September 2022
Extension Briefs for August and September 2022
Integrated pest management, Naoespraktyke, Crop and Fruit Quality Management, Bemesting/Fertilisation, Postharvest Pathology.
August / September 2022
Fertilisation A Basic, Sustainable Strategy
The emphasis should be on maintaining tree health and sustaining the ability of an orchard to maintain good-quality yields.
June / July 2022
Extension briefs for June and July 2022
Integrated pest management, Naoespraktyke, Crop and Fruit Quality Management, Bemesting/Fertilisation, Postharvest Pathology.
June / July 2022
DRIS usage to diagnose tree nutritional status from leaf analysis and production data
Blaarvoedingstofkonsentrasies en opbrengsdata van verskeie produsente uit die belangrikste Suid-Afrikaanse sitrusproduksiestreke is ingesamel om die gebruik van DRIS as 'n benadering waardeur bome se voedingstatus gediagnoseer kan word te ondersoek.
June / July 2022
Pre-harvest and Packhouse Practices – Impact on shelf life, fruit quality and market access
Fruit quality starts in the orchard, but it's affected by the full scope of production practices.
April / May 2022
Extension briefs for Extension briefs for April and May 2022
By Hannes Bester, MC Pretorius, Wayne Mommsen, Coenraad Fraenkel, André Combrink, Catherine Savage, Natasha Jackson and Jan Landman.
April / May 2022
Improved Cold Treatments for Increased Exports
False codling moth disinfestation treatments that are progressively more successful, efficient, cost-effective and scientifically defensible, remain a goal for South African researchers.
February / March 2022
Extension briefs for February and March 2022
By Hannes Bester, MC Pretorius, Wayne Mommsen and Catherine Savage, André Combrink, Coenraad Fraenkel, Jan Landman and Natasha Jackson (Citrus Research International) Integrated pest management Mealybug (S.D. Moore) Growers should be scouting for mealybug regularly by inspecting underneath calyces and…
February / March 2022
Efficacy of fruit fly trapping systems in SA
There is a zero tolerance of fruit fly pests in commercial fruit exported from SA.
February / March 2022
Australian Bug and the Vedalia Beetle in mandarin orchards in SA
The Australian Bug or Cottony cushion scale is native to Australia and was first discovered in SA in 1892. It has since infiltrated all citrus growing regions of Southern Africa.
December 2021 / January 2022
African greening management in SA’s citrus orchards
Managing greening disease caused by the bacterium “Candidatus Liberibacter africanus” (CLaf) in orchards.
December 2021 / January 2022
The value of phosphorus fertilisation and microbial inoculants
Phosphorus fertilisation and microbial inoculants improve citrus nutrition and microbiology in alkaline soils.