Factsheets
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Assessing pollination systems
Use this calculator to determine whether the fruit weight and/or dry matter of fruit from your existing pollination system (the 'control') is as good as the 'ideal' hand pollinated fruit.
Water quality interpreter
This is an interactive tool for interpreting irrigation water quality information.
Scheduling irrigation with tensiometers
This calculator estimates trigger points for irrigation, water holding capacity of your soil type, and the time needed to irrigate your soil for tensiometer-based monitoring of soil water content.
Scheduling irrigation with volumetric soil moisture sensors
Many soil moisture sensors provide growers with immediately available volumetric estimates of the amount of plant available water in the root zone and, from that estimate, the volume of water needed to return the soil to field capacity.
Temperature-based evapotranspiration calculator
This calculator estimates the daily crop evapotranspiration for a chosen day using the maximum and minimum temperatures for that day and the location of your orchard/vineyard.
Uniformity of irrigation by micro-irrigation systems
This calculator provides you with an easy test for evaluating the uniformity of your micro-irrigation system.
Irrigation costing
This calculator enables you to do a quick check on the annual $ returns from operating an irrigation system. It was developed by the Department of Primary Production in New South Wales and is used here with their permission [pending].
Distance-based spraying in vineyards
The methods described in this calculator give spray application volume requirements as outputs required per 100 metres of sprayed row - hence the term distance based spraying.

Distance-based (leader) spraying in kiwifruit
The methods described in this calculator give spray application volume requirements as outputs required per 100 metres of sprayed row - hence the term distance based spraying.
Speed calculator
Knowing your spraying speed is important when you come to calibrate your sprayer.
Concentrate spray rate calculator
This calculator generates the tank and per 100 L rates for converting dilute (high volume) spray settings into concentrate (low volume) spray settings.
Fungicide bunchline application rate calculator
Pick two different canopies on your vineyard and enter the requested information on each canopy in this calculator.
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Citrus: Canopy-based spraying: adjusting application volumes on the basis of canopy size
Canopy-based spraying involves adjusting application volumes on the basis of canopy size and density. Tree-row-volume (TRV) calibration is one method of achieving this outcome.
European canker: cultivars, management strategies, and costs
This calculator estimates the likely gross margins for given scenarios of cultivar, existing incidence of canker, and canker management strategies.

Citrus: Concentrate spray rate calculator
This calculator generates the tank and per 100 L rates for converting dilute (high volume) spray settings into concentrate (low volume) spray settings.
Citrus: spraying work rates and application costs
The costs of application need to be factored into any calculations on the cost benefit of applying any spray.
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