Pesticide Application
Plantation, urban and indigenous forests are constantly at risk from damage caused by insect pests, pathogens and weeds.
Ensis minimises risks associated with pesticide use by:
- Maximising pesticide deposition on the biological target
- Minimising spray deposition or the drift onto non-target or sensitive areas
- Reducing pesticide rates, which includes managing pests to economic thresholds
- Developing non-chemical control methods (e.g. biological control)
Pesticide risk reduction in forestry - Downloadable file [1.53 MB]
Aerial Spraying
Ensis provides world-class expertise in spray application technology. This expertise has been used to improve application effectiveness and reduce the cost of pesticides in forestry.
SpraySafe Manager (SSM) is a risk assessment tool developed by Ensis that determines the likely fate of spray material released from an aircraft. SSM predicts where herbicide spray is likely to land in any given operation, and what the biological consequences of the herbicide will be. As such, this decision support system can help operational managers and pilots to develop best practices for aerial spraying...
Vegetation Management
Forestry companies face ongoing pressure to minimise herbicide use. These pressures arise from public fears, and from the need to save costs. Along with widespread concerns about adverse environmental impacts, the rapid move toward Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification of many forests has provided impetus to tackle this problem.
Vegetation Manager (VMAN) has been developed by Ensis to help forest managers evaluate the cost-effectiveness of different weed control regimes and potentially reduce the amount of herbicides used...
Chemical Efficacy
Ensis maintains a close relationship with PPCnz, who are specialists in improving agrichemical formulations.