The Riverina Wine Grapes Marketing board has several weather station bases local in the region in grower vineyards. This service for growers provides information relating to daily temperatures, light hours, leaf wetness, rainfall and humidity levels.  

The following information must only be used as a guide for any management decisions for on farm activities. Please consult with wineries and the spray diary to ensure Agrochemical restrictions are not breached before deciding to apply chemical controls in vineyards

Growers can visit www.cropwatchonline.com to see weather and disease reports complied for the Riverland and Sunraysia districts. 

The Riverina LBAM group aims to construct for growers a valuable tool to help monitor and control damage cause through LBAM in the region. A monitoring program in vineyards is important for growers to identify pest and disease activity in the vineyard to help schedule effective control measures.

The following information is being obtained through the large grower network monitoring traps for moth activity during the growing season. Use of this information should be interpreted to help individual growers base monitoring in their vineyards for LBAM activity and not as a basis for pest control decisions.

Below is a link to obtain the NSW DPI Light Brown Apple Moth development calculator:

http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/citrus-pests-diseases/cit-lbamcalc.htm

Growers can obtain monitoring trap kits from the Board office from the start of the growing season to help montior LBAM activity in the vineyard and region.

In conjuction with the Wine Grapes Marketing Board this program

has proudly been supported by the following organisations

Dow AgroSciences Australia - www.dowagro.com.au

Colin Campbell Chemicals - www.campbellchemicals.com.au

Yenda Producers

Sumitomo Chemical Australia - www.sumitomo-chem.com.au

Syngenta Crop Protection - www.syngenta.com.au

National Wine & Grape Industry Centre - www.csu.edu.au/nwgic/

Light Brown Apple Moth

Light Brown Apple Moth Larvae

Picture of Light Brown Apple Moth monitoring trap setup in the vineyard

Bayer Cropscience is currently developing guides to help growers in the Riverina to assess accurate water requirements to apply to vines at various growth stages during the season. These documents will be availalbe continously during the season please view the documents below for further information