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  • 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.

  • Reducing the cost of disease in cereal crops
    Diseases, 06 Mar 2021
    Reducing the cost of disease in cereal crops

    GRDC aims to reduce the impact of cereal diseases on grain production by supporting accurate disease identification, the deployment of disease-resistant genetic material via Australian breeding programs, and the provision of effective disease management strategies.

  • DNA testing innovation to reveal new insights
    Diseases, 05 Mar 2021
    DNA testing innovation to reveal new insights

    New DNA testing protocols to support surveillance programs are enabling a better understanding of pathogen incidence and distribution. The results are contributing new insights to inform disease research and management protocols.

  • Disease-resistant oats support bright future for crop
    Diseases, 03 Mar 2021
    Disease-resistant oats support bright future for crop

    Growing demand from health-conscious consumers is leading to improved economic returns to growers and an increase in the area sown to oats. Further improving yield stability and disease resistance in oats will help growers capitalise on these opportunities.

  • Finding strategies to preserve disease resistance
    Diseases, 02 Mar 2021
    Finding strategies to preserve disease resistance

    While genetic resistance is a highly effective way to manage crop disease, such resistances can be easily overcome by pathogen evolution. Modelling of management options has identified opportunities to reduce selection pressure and preserve the effectiveness of resistance.

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