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Diseases, 12 Jan 2022
Genetic discovery to improve breeding for disease resistance in wheat
Researchers have discovered a genetic element in a common wheat pathogen with potential to help streamline breeding for disease-resistant wheat varieties that are better suited to Australian conditions.
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Diseases, 11 Jan 2022
Plant pathologists call for timely green bridge control
After cool and wet conditions in 2021 allowed cereal diseases to build and spread, researchers say steps can be taken ahead of sowing to reduce disease risks for 2022 crops
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Diseases, 21 Dec 2021
Discovery opens new front on charcoal rot research
Dr Barsha Poudel from the University of Southern Queensland is further developing her detective skills in crop pathology as part of a GRDC-supported capacity-building project. In collaboration with other researchers, she has discovered a new causal agent of charcoal rot, which will help inform management practices for the disease.
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Diseases, 06 Dec 2021
Plant-pathogen intrigue drives research interest
Capacity building for pathology is key to developing up-to-date control measures for priority diseases in the grains industry. Kealan Hassett is one of many pathology postgraduates supported by GRDC and is focused on discovering more about the spot form of net blotch disease to inform growers’ management practices.
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Diseases, 13 Nov 2021
Research targets STB management in southern region
Agronomists and growers in the southern region’s low and medium-rainfall zones have raised concerns about the increased prevalence of Septoria tritici blotch and its impact on yields in their region. The disease was recently listed as the most important wheat disease in the southern region by GRDC’s National Grower Network.
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Diseases, 07 Nov 2021
Breeding hope arises as potential Fusarium control
A combined research effort in breeding, pathology and extension is exploring how to combat Fusarium wilt, which is an increasing problem for mungbean growers
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Diseases, 26 Oct 2021
Artificial intelligence to provide fast, accurate early disease warning
A multidisciplinary research team at the University of Western Australia builds on existing collaborations in machine learning, genomics, pathology and plant breeding to provide grain growers with tools to assess the impact of frost, salt stress and diseases such as Fusarium head blight. The information will allow growers to act more quickly and more profitably.
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Diseases, 25 Oct 2021
Genome sequencing muscles-up seed quarantine
New diagnostic technology is revealing both harmful and highly beneficial microorganisms that hitch a ride in pulse seed imported into Australia
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Diseases, 16 Oct 2021
Monitoring is key to prevent leaf rust losses
Pests and diseases cut global wheat production by 21.5 per cent. Leaf rust has long been considered the most damaging rust pathogen of wheat overall.
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Diseases, 25 Sep 2021
Vigilance the key before canopy closure
Pulse growers in medium-to-high-rainfall areas in the southern region have been urged to monitor crops closely for signs of disease due to the forecast for a wetter spring, following three years of average or below-average rainfall. Growers are reminded to remain vigilant against foliar leaf diseases during spring.