Pineapple growers smarten up to chemical use

Ashley Walmsley
Updated July 26 2016 - 2:57pm, first published 12:00pm
TOP CROP: Pineapple grower Peter Sherriff, Sherr-Pine, Tanby shows off a healthy example of the GC2 variety.
TOP CROP: Pineapple grower Peter Sherriff, Sherr-Pine, Tanby shows off a healthy example of the GC2 variety.

PINEAPPLE growers have sharpened their knowledge on the widely-used herbicide diuron, determined to make the most of it while they can.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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