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Diseases, 05 Feb 2024
Fungicide resistance – a mounting problem in Australia
Fungicide resistance is a pervasive concern for grain growers across Australia, as increasingly more resistant pathogens are identified. Keeping up to date with the latest industry knowledge of the subject is key to managing resistant pathogens.
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Diseases, 02 Feb 2024
Knowledgeable growers - the frontline defence
Into its second iteration, with GRDC investment, the Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN) continues to support growers and advisers to be informed about the prevalence and management of fungicide resistance in their region
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Diseases, 01 Feb 2024
Curbing the rise of fungicide resistance
To curb an escalating storm of fungicide resistance in Australian cropping systems, GRDC supports the activities of the Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension network, headquartered at Curtin University. Since 2019 AFREN has brought together regional pathologists to support growers to mitigate fungicide resistance by providing testing services, integrated disease management guidelines and related research.
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Diseases, 09 Nov 2023
Reaping the benefits of monitoring cereal rust pathotypes
Efforts are made to monitor the pathotypes (strains, races) of cereal rust pathogens that occur in many of the world’s cereal growing regions. Growers can only reap the full benefit of this work if it underpins resistance pre-breeding, breeding and post-release management of cereal varieties.
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Diseases, 13 Oct 2023
Workshops get to the root of soil diseases
A now-completed national extension program targeted the ability to diagnose soil-borne pathogens, with the resulting resources and manuals continuing to be available to growers and advisers
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Diseases, 27 Sep 2023
Sclerotinia management in WA’s lupin crops
The susceptibility of lupins and canola to sclerotinia stem rot has created the need to optimise disease control strategies when the crops are grown in close rotation in WA
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Diseases, 30 Aug 2023
First reports of wheat stripe rust for 2023 suggest widespread over-seasoning
The first detection of stripe rust on 7 July this year was about nine weeks later than in 2022; then, it was first detected on 20 May and one of the worst stripe rust epidemics experienced in eastern Australia ensued. Reports of stripe rust after the first detection this year have come from Bethungra, NSW (14 July); Tubbul, NSW (20 July); Smeaton, Victoria (20 July); Naracoorte, South Australia (24 July); and Cressy/Longford, Tasmania (26 July).
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Diseases, 12 Jul 2023
Past seasons point to potential cereal pathogen problems
With inoculum levels high and conditions ripe, being prepared for Fusarium crown rot and head blight infections is important this season.
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Diseases, 15 Jun 2023
Milestones achieved in rust research
Researchers have steered a savvy course through wheat rust incursions and pathogen evolutions to deliver unprecedented insights and resources that bode well for the future of the wheat industry.
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Diseases, 19 May 2023
Sclerotinia transmission across a crop rotation
How Sclerotinia moves from canola stubble into the whole of a farm’s crop rotation is under investigation in the northern and southern growing regions with the aim of learning how to manage or possibly break the disease cycle