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Maximum Yield Australia – July/August 2010

Bunch Stem necrosis is a disorder which has a severe impact in certain viticultural regions in New Zealand. It has long been the belief of some consultants that proper Balanced Nutrition plays an important role inalleviating the disorder…

The earliest known written record of using one organism to control the population of another was the use of cats for the control of rodents in food stores in ancient Egypt around 3,000 BC…

Agricultural Scientist Donald Lester details the benefits of highly efficient chelated micronutrients—which aid in enhanced plant growth and greater yields—and defines the various types to help you choose the very best option for your indoor garden system…

Much has recently been said about mineral absorption into plants, and there are recent pontifications that the best way to supplement minerals is to take “Colloidal” mineral complexes…

A field experiment was conducted in an iron deficient soil to investigate the effect of foliar application of Iron on the growth of potato. Results indicated that foliar application of iron significantly increased iron and chlorophyll concentration…

Good vineyard management begins with the soil. There is a major push for growers to maintain sustainability in their vineyards through increasing biodiversity …

In the past, humic acids have been referred to as “The Black Gold of Agriculture.” Due to several watered down an inferior grades of the product available on the market today…

As our knowledge of soil function and nutrient cycling increases and new diagnostic tools are developed, fertiliser requirements can be predicted more accurately…

Iron is needed in plants for several functions. Iron is used in chlorophyll production, it acts as an oxygen carrier, and it is involved in chemical reactions for cell division and growth…

As with most deciduous plants, nutrients are withdrawn into the plants from leaves prior to leaf fall. Post harvest is a critical period to apply soil based and foliar fertilisers as trees are actively translocating nutrients from the leaves to the trunk to store these elements as a carbohydrate source…

Balanced nutrition plays a major role, if not the biggest role in the production of quality produce. The aim of the grower should always be to optimize fertilizer practices and never cut costs by cutting out on fertilizers…

Biomin calcium an amino acid chelate produced by J.H. Biotech, Inc. was applied to strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) cv. ‘Camarillo’ grown in the Santa Maria Valley through the drip irrigation weekly starting at bloom initiation…

The control had better levels of Calcium than the Grocal MGB block. The control block was slightly younger than the Grocal MGB treated block and younger plants tend to have slightly higher levels of calcium than older fruiting plants…

Calcium nutrition has become more important in Australian orchards with the increasing demand forlarge fruit. Essentially the fruit uses the Calcium that is absorbed through the waxy cuticle…

This third party experiment was designed to determine the level of uptake of various foliarly applied micronutrients to Citrus and Avocado trees including JH Biotech’s Biomin® line and other amino acid chelates…

To measure the response of Raspberry plant nutrition and fruit characteristics to Calcium application…

Calcium plays a key role in cell wall strength of fruits and vegetables. When it is deficient,various disorders involving tissue breakdown can occur…

For many years, there has been increasing interest in the use of Calcium foliar sprays because of the effect Calcium has on fruit quality and shelf life…

In the 2010-2011 season, Sustainable Horticultural Services have conducted a trial on the non-pareil variety of almond, to confirm the results of the 2009-2010 season. In the previous season (2009-2010), kernel size and kernel density was greatly improved…

Consumers are seeking bigger cherries and, according to market returns, the bigger the fruit the bigger the cheque from the agent. Larger fruit can come at a price, as the biological potential is equally as important as market returns.

This third party experiment was designed to determine the level of uptake of various foliarly applied micronutrients to Citrus and Avocado trees including JH Biotech’s Biomin® line and other amino acid chelates…

This third party experiment was designed to determine the level of uptake of various foliarly applied micronutrients to Citrus and Avocado trees including JH Biotech’s Biomin® line and other amino acid chelates…

The purpose of USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Onlineis to effectively communicate the results ofresearch projects funded under USGA’s Turfgrass and Environmental Research Program to all who can benefitfrom such knowledge…

ZADCO PTY LTD are the distributors of Fulzyme-plus. According to ZADCO the product will prevent infections of Py-thium and or Phytopthora on plant roots. In almonds, particularly the stock Nemaguard and bitter almond are most suscepti-ble to both pathogens.

In 2010, a trial was conducted at the Intermountain Research & Extension Center (IREC)to evaluate the influence of fungicides and fungicide application timingon Russet Norkotah yield in a field with a historic Black Dot disease problem…

Grapevines have different nutritional requirements depending on the developmental stage of the vine, and the type of rootstock or own-rooted vinifera variety, the soil types, climate and irrigation…

Last year (2007) we saw a small epidemic of Phytophthora capsici in tomatoes and peppers that included a few fields on Roberts and Union Islands, some in the Tracy-area, and a few fields on the east side of the county…

Grapevines have different nutritional requirements depending on the developmental stage of the vine, and the type of rootstock or own-rooted vinifera variety, the soil types, climate and irrigation.