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  • Plant-pathogen intrigue drives research interest
    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.

  • Research targets STB management in southern region
    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.

  • Breeding hope arises as potential Fusarium control
    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

  • Artificial intelligence to provide fast, accurate early disease warning
    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.

  • Genome sequencing muscles-up seed quarantine
    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

  • Monitoring is key to prevent leaf rust losses
    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.

  • Vigilance the key before canopy closure
    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.

  • Root disease a growing concern for pulse crops
    Diseases, 18 Sep 2021
    Root disease a growing concern for pulse crops

    A national survey has, for the first time, profiled pathogens of pulse roots, documenting an emerging risk to crop productivity

  • New barley powdery mildew resistance genes key to future resistance
    Diseases, 17 Sep 2021
    New barley powdery mildew resistance genes key to future resistance

    Researchers have discovered a unique set of genes that will help breeders to develop barley varieties with more stable resistance to powdery mildew.

  • More durable leaf rust resistance in the works for barley
    Diseases, 11 Sep 2021
    More durable leaf rust resistance in the works for barley

    A cache of genes that provide durable resistance to barley leaf rust are being identified, with DNA markers allowing for their accelerated deployment in breeding programs

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