Spray applications in viticulture — Research to Practice®
Course details
| Name: |
Spray applications in viticulture - Research
to Practice® |
| Description: |
A workshop to assist growers to use best practice when applying
pesticide and foliar fertilisers in vineyards. |
| Cost: |
This course is costed at $315, but after subsidies provided by the NSW Government, NSW producers pay only $165. |
| Course aims: |
To encourage best practice in applying pesticide and foliar fertilisers
in vineyards. |
| Learning outcomes: |
- Identify spray application targets accurately
- Understand how pesticides work
- Evaluate spray techniques
- Set up and calibrate spray application equipment
- Interpret pesticide labels
- Record information accurately in vineyard spray diaries
- Explain and apply principles of drift management
- Explain and select appropriate weed management options
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| Length: |
One day |
| Course program/structure: |
- Introduction
- Focus on the target
- How chemicals work
- Maximising pesticide performance
- Equipment for grapevine spray application
- Evaluation tools
- Sprayer set up
- Spray quality
- Revision
- Spraying for powdery mildew
- Spraying for botrytis
- Interpreting label rates
- Calibration
- Grower responsibilities
- Preventing off target damage from spray application
- Weed management
- Quality action plans
- How to monitor crucial factors for bunch quality
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| Resources and method of delivery: |
Participants receive a course manual.
This course is delivered using indoor and outdoor instruction. |
| Accreditation: |
This is an industry-based non accredited course.
This course was developed by the Grape and Wine Research Development
Corporation. |
Upcoming dates
There are currently no registered dates for this course. Please register your interest using the link below.
