Put your foot down! Ensure your foot dips are safe to use and fit-for-purpose
One of the key aims of on-farm biosecurity and Integrated pest Management (IpM) programs is to prevent exposure of the crop to mushroom pathogens.
This is achieved through the implementation of three basic concepts: exclusion, containment and elimination.
Mushroom growers are at an advantage over most other horticultural crops as they are able to control pest movement in and out of growing rooms and one of the simplest tools used to exploit this advantage is the foot dip.
This article was originally produced for the Australian Mushrooms Journal
