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Scale and mealybug management options for lychee growers - an extension toolkit

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Diczbalis, Y. (2022) Scale and mealybug management options for lychee growers - an extension toolkit. Project Report. Hort Innovation.

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Abstract

The lychee industry is focused on export markets to ensure a profitable future as domestic plantings rapidly expand. Scale and mealybug pests are commonly found in lychee orchards and are generally a minor problem for growers supplying the Australian domestic market. However, the pests present a challenge to producers targeting quarantine markets in New Zealand and the United States of America. Pre-irradiation inspections required as part of the export protocol may find scale and mealybug juvenile stages on fruit, resulting in a treatment delay until the pests are identified and able to be classified as quarantine or non-quarantine pests. An identification delay will result in fruit being diverted to the domestic market which disappoints export customers and increases downward price pressures domestically. Current management practices require improvement particularly for growers targeting export markets with quarantine protocols.

Item Type:Monograph (Project Report)
Corporate Creators:Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Projects:LY20001
Business groups:Horticulture and Forestry Science
Keywords:Final report , Lychee; scale; mealybug; pest management; beneficial insects; ant management; chemical control; export; spray application
Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Methods and systems of culture. Cropping systems
Plant culture > Food crops
Plant culture > Fruit and fruit culture
Plant pests and diseases
Plant pests and diseases > Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection
Plant pests and diseases > Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection > Pesticides
Agriculture > By region or country > Australia
Live Archive:05 Oct 2023 02:35
Last Modified:05 Oct 2023 02:35

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