Show Notes
In the second episode, of the two part series, focused on the TomatoesNZ-A Lighter Touch tomatoes biocontrol project, we tell the story of this five-year project which has seen an industry shift from agrichemical reliance to biological controls.
We follow the project journey, taking a native bug found in the New Zealand bush and trialling it in commercial greenhouses to develop a sustainable crop protection programme for two major industry pests, tomato-potato psyllid and greenhouse whitefly.
Find more infomation on the Tomatoes biocontrol project page of the ALT website.
Grower resources on integated pest management (IPM) mentioned in the epsiode are here.
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