Overcoming phytosanitary obstacles
South African fruit must meet phytosanitary requirements to access certain key markets. How are these determined?
Yin and yang
Understanding the cold sterilisation of dual-temperature plums. By Esté Beerwinkel. Yin and yang describe how seemingly opposite forces may actually be complementary. Dual-temperature plums need both moderate and cold temperatures to be successful on the international markets. In this Q&A,…
Nip phytosanitary risk in the bud
Dr Shelley Johnson, a quarantine entomologist, says the deciduous fruit industry’s export market is based on sound phytosanitary principles — monitoring in particular. By Dane McDonald. Johnson, a Hortgro and Stellenbosch University researcher, says the ideal way to manage phytosanitary…
The false codling moth genome sequence
Paving the way for next-generation pest control. By Anna Mouton. “There’s been rapid growth in pest control methods that are based on genome information,” says Dr Minette Karsten, postdoctoral researcher with the Applied Physiological Ecology Laboratory within the Department of…
Waging war on moth malefactors
Does Oriental fruit moth mating disruption work for false codling moth? By Anna Mouton. South Africans have heard a lot about criminal families in recent years thanks to revelations of state capture and other nefarious doings. Growers will be familiar…
False codling moth
What growers need to know about control. By Anna Mouton. False codling moth is — you guessed it — a moth and it belongs to the family Tortricidae. Its relatives include other important agricultural pests such as codling moth, Oriental…