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  • Remembering the ‘Maharaja of wheat’
    Diseases, 20 Apr 2021
    Remembering the ‘Maharaja of wheat’

    It was with great sadness that all those involved in the industry learned of the passing of Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, the “Maharaja of wheat”, at the age of 78, on 17 February in Mexico.

  • Surveys measure the disease challenge
    Diseases, 16 Apr 2021
    Surveys measure the disease challenge

    Crop surveys enable the early detection of diseases in commercial crops and ensure that timely messages are provided to help growers and advisers protect crops. Disease build-up in 2020, due to wetter conditions across many areas, highlights risks for 2021.

  • 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.

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