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  • New tools reveal more complex virus landscape
    Diseases, 15 Apr 2021
    New tools reveal more complex virus landscape

    New molecular tools are underpinning dramatic improvements in the ability to identify and study viruses in pulses. The results have revealed surprising differences in the types of viruses previously understood to exist in Australia and will help researchers develop effective management strategies.

  • Robust disease ratings for pulses now available
    Diseases, 12 Apr 2021
    Robust disease ratings for pulses now available

    Disease ratings for pulses have been updated to provide national NVT ratings for pulse crops. These will better align crops and diseases nationally and are based on the appropriate disease management strategy for each variety.

  • Do canola fungicide applications always pay?
    Diseases, 05 Apr 2021
    Do canola fungicide applications always pay?

    In 2020, researchers from the Grain Orana Alliance and Brill Ag tested whether it was financially worthwhile protecting canola crops against disease – and they found mixed results

  • NSW growers on disease alert this year
    Diseases, 31 Mar 2021
    NSW growers on disease alert this year

    The large area sown to canola in NSW last year meant there would be significant areas of canola stubble in 2021 producing blackleg inoculum.

  • Webinar will provide timely advice on blackleg
    Diseases, 23 Mar 2021
    Webinar will provide timely advice on blackleg

    Grain growers and advisers are encouraged to register their participation in a national webinar in which experts will provide the latest information on managing blackleg, one of the most serious diseases of canola.

  • New stripe rust challenges
    Diseases, 19 Mar 2021
    New stripe rust challenges

    An important part of keeping one step ahead of ever-changing fungal rust pathogens has been to monitor the pathotypes that occur in Australia and to determine their impact on current and yet-to-be-released cultivars. This approach has been particularly successful in meeting the challenges posed by new rust pathotypes that arise locally via, for example, random mutation.

  • DMI resistance in wheat powdery mildew confirmed for the first time
    Diseases, 18 Mar 2021
    DMI resistance in wheat powdery mildew confirmed for the first time

    Researchers from the Fungicide Resistance Group at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) confirmed the presence of DMI resistance in samples during the 2020 season.

  • Crop disease management in focus at Victorian workshops
    Diseases, 12 Mar 2021
    Crop disease management in focus at Victorian workshops

    Victorian growers and agronomists are being offered cereal and canola disease management advice through workshops in Horsham and Melbourne in March.

  • National disease surveillance guides management
    Diseases, 10 Mar 2021
    National disease surveillance guides management

    Each year, pathologists from around Australia survey the incidence of disease in paddocks to stay abreast of developing issues and prioritise growers’ needs. The surveys also guide the development of disease management packages and new varieties with improved resistance.

  • Know your disease risk before your sow in 2021
    Diseases, 07 Mar 2021
    Know your disease risk before your sow in 2021

    Growers can minimise the yield impact of cereal diseases this year by managing three key factors – the host, the pathogen and the environment.

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