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Diseases, 21 Dec 2022
Proactive fungicide management maintains disease-free crops
Six leading agronomists share how their clients managed foliar diseases in 2022 and what to consider for 2023
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Diseases, 02 Nov 2022
Identifying pathotypes provides basis of rust control efforts
Cereal rust pathotypes (aka races or strains) are isolates of rust that differ in their ability to overcome resistance genes in cereal varieties. Pathotypes are identified by using a sample of rust from a cereal crop to infect a set of cereal varieties (“differentials”) – each carrying a known resistance gene – and determining which resistance genes are overcome and which are not.
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Diseases, 18 Oct 2022
New resources a guide to fungicide management
Three new videos from AFREN will help southern region growers improve their fungicide and fungal disease management.
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Diseases, 12 Oct 2022
New chickpea IDM strategies tested
Ascochyta blight of chickpeas is a serious fungal disease. A GRDC investment being conducted by the CSIRO is focusing on the Ascochyta infection life cycle in the hope of better informing out-of-season integrated disease management strategies.
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Diseases, 10 Oct 2022
Blackleg management for 2023 begins now
The successful defence against blackleg infection of canola requires continual vigilance. Even experienced growers need to remember that blackleg control relies on year-round integrated disease management (IDM), not just in-season fungicide use.
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Diseases, 03 Oct 2022
Decade-old pathogen mystery solved via classical and new tools
Australian-based researchers have cracked a decade-old cold case, identifying the pathogen responsible for the devastating faba bean gall disease, and thereby improving management strategies.
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Diseases, 27 Sep 2022
Crop disease levels push to new highs
Six agronomists and one researcher share their disease observations from across Australia.
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Diseases, 18 Aug 2022
Fungicide insensitivity detected in barley leaf rust pathogen
A key to the success of pathogenic microbes in causing disease is the ability to generate genetic variation. Recent tests by the Plant Breeding Institute has found insensitivity in isolates of the barley leaf rust pathogen Puccinia hordei.
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Diseases, 13 Aug 2022
Stripe rust detected in wheat east of the Nullarbor
Six agronomists from across Australia share how their clients are working to protect their crops against cereal diseases
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Diseases, 05 Aug 2022
New stripe rust trials to create early warning network for northern growers
Dr Simpfendorfer says across both NSW and Queensland, growers have been noticing high stripe rust occurrences in emerging crops, even reporting cases of low levels in resistant-moderately resistant (RMR) varieties like Lancer.