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SUMMARY:Margaret River EcoVineyards Integrated Pest Management and Microbats event
DESCRIPTION:\nPractical ways to manage insect pests, grow in harmony with nature and improve the resilience of their vineyard.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNational EcoVineyards Program: Integrated Pest Management and Microbat walk\n\n\n\nJoin Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty Ltd and National EcoVineyards Program Manager, an agroecologist/viticulturist with 30 years of practical experience within Australia and overseas, and our Regional On-Ground Coordinator, Rebecca Archer, a Lower Blackwood LCDC team member with a passion for identifying and utilising suitable endemic plant species in agricultural landscapes to increase biodiversity, and our special guest presenter Brendan Metcalf, a microbat expert who will introduce us to the wonderful world of microbats, their capacity to provide biocontrol of insect pests in vineyards and how to monitor for their presence during a night walk.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule\n\n\n\n• 4.30 pm: Registration and foot baths\n\n\n\n• 4.45 to 5.15 pm: New insights for biocontrol of insect pests (LBAM, scale and mealybugs) by Dr Mary Retallack, Retallack Viticulture Pty Ltd\n\n\n\nIn the vineyard\n\n\n\n• 5.15 to 6.15 pm: Field walk and talk with Dr Mary Retallack who will demonstrate arthropod sampling in the vineyard and how to assess leaf brix\n\n\n\nSundowner drinks and dinner\n\n\n\n• 6.15 to 7.15 pm: Sundowner drinks and BBQ plus regional update\n\n\n\n• 7.15 to 7.30 pm: New EcoVineyards resources by Dr Mary Retallack\n\n\n\n• 7.30 to 7.45 pm: Hydroseeding update by ROC, Rebecca Archer\n\n\n\n• 7.45 to 8.45 pm: Microbat talk at dusk by local microbat expert, Brendan Metcalf\n\n\n\nNight walk\n\n\n\n• 8.45 to 9.30 pm: Microbat night walk led by local microbat expert, Brendan Metcalf\n\n\n\n\nBook Your Spot Here ( https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/margaret-river-ecovineyards-ipm-and-microbats-event-tickets-1020320625457?aff=oddtdtcreator )\n\n
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