Avocado Research Updates 2023 - Keeping SW WA Growers Informed

Speakers

· Harley Smith (CSIRO)—Avocado Fruit Abcission

· Josh Kestel (Curtin University) – Using eDNA to identify pollinators

· Stephanie Carstairs (Seven Days Farm) – Inter-row cover- cropping trials

· Paul Horne (IPM Technologies) – Avocado Integrated Pest Management.

· Declan McCauley (DPIRD)—flower behaviour and fruit thinning

· David Cook (DPIRD) – Flies as pollinators in avocados

· Dario Steffanelli—Supply chains and fruit robustness