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Ledbu
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y and cide
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apple g
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c
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allenges du
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ing 2017. T
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exit and t
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election of P
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ump and included t
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tain c
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at
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adbeen
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, t
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e indust
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ywas positive and confident fo
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t
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e futu
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e. Jane t
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en p
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esented t
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e fi
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st pape
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.
Nutrition incider appleproduction
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emost
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ecent developments
h
as been t
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e
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playedbymyco
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e symbiotic association between
beneficial pat
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ound t
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h
at build upove
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time
and
h
ave a significant benefit fo
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e
h
ealt
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of t
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e t
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ee. T
h
e
optimumph of t
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e soil fo
r
cide
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apple p
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oduction is slig
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tly
acidic at between 6·3 and6·8.
Nut
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ition is impo
r
tant, st
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ong t
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ees canwit
h
stand t
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e
st
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esses andp
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essu
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es of pests anddiseases. T
h
e co
rr
ect
timingof fe
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tilise
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applications is c
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ucial and is as impo
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tant as
balance, and Jane gave t
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e illust
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ation of Liebig’sBa
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el t
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at
s
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owed
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is in
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ibited if one nut
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ient is in s
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o
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t
supply. Asmic
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in t
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ee, folia
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applications a
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able.
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om t
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ega
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ding t
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e use of
sulp
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, Jane answe
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ed t
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at if it was used, fi
r
stly it s
h
ouldbe
applied as a folia
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sp
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ay
r
at
h
e
r
t
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an dust, and s
h
ouldbe
applied ea
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ly in t
h
e season befo
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emouse-ea
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stagew
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en it
would cont
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ol mites. S
h
e continued, “Caution s
h
ouldbe
exe
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cised as ce
r
tain va
r
ietieswe
r
e susceptible to sulp
h
u
r
damage”. Also, if applied at t
h
ew
r
ong time it would cause
c
r
acking in t
h
e skin of t
h
e f
r
uit.
Product choice - target specificor broad
spectrum?
Paul Bennett, Ag
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nical
h
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is
p
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oblems t
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at all top-f
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facing. Ap
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ox andC
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lo
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py
r
ifos can no longe
r
be used and it
now ismo
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e impo
r
tant to use a specific p
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oduct to cont
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