Research and Innovation

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Husk Spot Trial on Macadamias treated with PandA-FBS (Seasons 2010 and 2011)
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

There are more ways of killing a cat than to choke it with butter”. This old proverb may well apply to controlling husk spot with fungicides in macadamias.  There may be more holistic ways to reduce the impact of husk spot than reaching for a drum of fungicide.

A trial using the natural plant bio-stimulant PandA provides good reasons to be optimistic. Over the last two seasons at Branson Park,  Whian Whian (near Lismore) Frank, Joy and Ryan Hathaway have been co-operating in evaluating PandA on the A16 variety and comparing it against the conventional treatment of Spin (Carbendazim) and Copper. 
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