February / March 2024
Extension Briefs For February And March 2024
Growers should be scouting for mealybug regularly by inspecting underneath calyces, thereby determining the percentage of infested fruit.
February / March 2023
Extension briefs for February and March 2023
Integrated pest management, Grondgedraagde siektes, Citriculture, Geïntegreerde bemesting/integrated fertilisation, Fungicides.
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 2021
Extension Briefs for February and March 2021
By Hannes Bester, Mathys Pretorius (aka MC), Wayne Mommsen and Catherine Savage Mealybug (S.D. Moore) Growers should be scouting for mealybug regularly, by inspecting underneath calyces and thereby determining the percentage of fruit infested. Where mealybug is under good biocontrol,…
February / March 2020
Olive seed wasps in cultivated olives – Possible Threat
Previous research on olive fruit fly showed that many olives thought to be infested with fruit fly were actually infested with indigenous olive seed wasps. At least five seed wasp species have been identified in wild olives (Olea europaea L.…
August / September 2019
Studying fruit fly through machine learning
In the Western Cape, Ceratitis capitata, commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or Medfly, is one of the most economically harmful pests in orchards, causing fruit damage and posing a phytosanitary risk.
April / May 2019
Assessing the biology of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) to understand its invasion potential into the Western Cape of SA
WELMA PIETERSE1, ARUNA MANRAKHAN2, JOHN TERBLANCHE3, PIA ADDISON4
