As from January 2024, prochloraz will no longer be allowed for use in packhouses to control post harvest diseases in avocado fruit. Kondi Munzhedzi chats to Bram Snijder and Anita Boyum on orchard practices growers should implement to help prevent anthracnose and stem end rot.

Derek Donkin interviews Keith Elphinstone, Operations Manager at Westfalia Fruit Estates, and André Lutge, Senior Area Manager at Westfalia Fruit Estates, on the theory and practicalities of injecting trees in the Letaba district.

Derek Donkin interviews Professor Adelé McLeod from Stellenbosch University Department of Plant Pathology of on the use of phosphonates for Phytophthora Control.

Injecting trees for Phytophthora Control in KZN regions. Interview was done with Athol Currie, KZN Regional Manager for The Fruit Farm Group SA. He gave insight on the importance of the timing of injections, the point of injection and trunk injections.