NZPPI and member nurseries are hosting a series of free myrtle rust workshops for plant producers around the North Island and Nelson in September and October.
The series is supported by HortPlus and Plant & Food Research. Each workshop will include presentations and practical sessions on myrtle rust and its management in the nursery. There will be how-to sessions on:
There will also be a tour through a working nursery to put some of the risk models and protocols into a practical context. Participants will leave with a handbook of all the NZPPI Plant Disease Management Platform protocols and know how to use the myrtle rust risk models ahead of the next myrtle rust season.
The workshops are free and refreshments are provided. The dates and locations are:
- Fri, 30 Sep 2022, Te Roroa Nursery, Waipoua Forest
- Tues, 4 Oct 2022 Hamilton Gardens
- Fri, 7 Oct 2022 Native Garden Nursery, Gisborne
- Fri, 14 Oct 2022 Plant Hawkes Bay (day after conference)
- 19 Oct 2022 Growing Spectrum Palmerston North
- Fri, 21 Oct 2022 Kūmānu Environmental, Nelson
Places are limited so register here now.
For any questions on the workshops please contact the NZPPI Biosecurity and Technical Manager Kathryn Hurr at kathryn@nzppi.co.nz.