New pest to look out for
The granulate ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus – a new to New Zealand ambrosia beetle, has been found in Auckland during high risk site surveillance.
2019 Conference looking sensational
The guide to our conference sponsorship and exhibition opportunities has just been published.
Can you tell a Queensland fruit fly from an Oriental fruit fly?
Fact sheets on summerfruit’s most unwanted pests and diseases are now available on the website in the Biosecurity section here.
Nzsummer series apricots take centre stage in Hawkes Bay
Phil Collins wasn’t the only star in Hawkes Bay last week. The new apricot varieties – Nzsummer2 and Nzsummer3 attracted a good crowd of growers and other industry participants at...
Update on OPI
Offshore Pre-shipment Inspection (OPI) will be finishing early this season due to a significant reduction in the amount of product being presented for inspection to the Australian market.
ICPR for Myanmar
Following notification from Myanmar’s National Plant Protection Organisation allowing access to New Zealand fresh cherries (Prunus avium) at the end of last year, MPI has now updated and published the...
Most unwanted poster published
Summerfruit's most unwanted pests and diseases feature on a poster recently sent out to help people identify these nasties that lurk beyond New Zealand's borders.
Single BMSB found in Mount Maunganui
A single brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) has been found in the Mount Maunganui area. The male bug was caught and reported to the MPI hotline on 15 December and...
New biosecurity documents online
The biosecurity plan for the next three years has been uploaded onto the website. Biosecurity strategy 2018-21 summarises the strategy that Summerfruit NZ is currently implementing to protect our industry...
A reminder for growers exporting to Thailand
Please remember that when submitting fruit for export to Thailand, under this industry management programme growers need to ensure that this grower declaration form has been completed, signed and forwarded...