Varroa mite, fall armyworm, cauliflower breeding

04/29/24 • 27 min

Vegalogue is a podcast from Australian vegetable peak industry body AUSVEG. Each month we take a look at issues affecting the Australian vegetable, potato and onion sectors, unpacking levy-funded research and meeting some of the incredible people who make up the vegetable industry.
This month, we discuss:

How the transition from varroa mite eradication to management has gone, and the priorities for the new plan.
The cross-agriculture collaboration to manage Fall armyworm amidst the largest outbreak of the pest since it was detected in Australia.
Why cauliflowers need a sun hat, and what growers are looking for in new cauli varieties.

Guests:

Zarmeen Hassan, National Manager of Biosecurity and Extension, AUSVEG
Dr Melina Miles, Principal Entomologist, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Eliza Seymour, Regional Business Manager - Victoria & Tasmania, Bayer Vegetable Seeds.

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04/29/24 • 27 min

Vegalogue - Varroa mite, fall armyworm, cauliflower breeding

Transcript

Because at the end of the day, you're out in an open system where there's water, there's wind, there's rain, there's hail, there's bugs.
So the more leaf wrap that you can get on a cauliflower head, the better, but it also needs to not muffle it.
So it's a Goldilocks effect.
Welcome back to the Vegalogue podcast, a dialogue about the Australian vegetable industry from Ausveg.
I'm Tom Bicknell.
We're going to be talking unpleasant bugs this episode, kicking off with an update on

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