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[email protected] www.tieupfarming.com CONTENTS A P A L NEWS BIOSECURITY CEO Report ...............................................04 News – $18.6m for Vic/SA netting funding . .05 FEA TURE 12 06 BMSB: Global spread of exotic stink bug calls for extra vigilance Surging secondary this season market spurs on organics Learning from the US BMSB experience . .16 S T A T E R O UNDUP RAISING T H E BAR : R&D - LED INSIGH T S I N T O S M A R TER GROW T H State roundups . .19 FUTURE BUSINE S S Minimising the cost of doing business . .24 33 EXPORT Codling moth biocontrol with Mastrus ridens 26 Integrated pest management – steps forward . 37 Sentinel a step towards national pest surveillance . .38 Agtech drives pesticide use efficiencies . .40 Australian pears Water budget the basis for irrigation scheduling plan . .41 show promise in Finding the triggers of biennial bearing in apple .