Take a look at the five most popular articles and videos from 2018. In 2018 GRDC Communities Field Crop Diseases published 27 articles covering many disease issues which impact on grains production. These articles were prepared with, and reviewed by, members of our Community of Practice, Australia’s leading experts in […]
Fran Lopez-Ruiz from the Centre for Crop Disease Management (CCDM) explains the recent detections of fungicide resistance to spot form of net blotch in barley and the importance of its management, especially in southern Western Australia. The CCDM has received and analysed multiple samples from barley paddocks which have been […]
Main points Barley loose smut infections are becoming more common in varieties such as Spartacus CL, LaTrobe, Rosalind and Hindmarsh. Growers need to ensure that seed of these varieties have good coverage of an effective seed treatment fungicide prior to sowing in 2019. Situation Loose smut continues to be observed […]
The Blackleg Management Guide not only provides blackleg resistance ratings but also blackleg resistance groups for current canola cultivars. But how do researchers determine these? Steve Marcroft talked us through how researchers establish resistance groups for canola cultivars, and more importantly, why you should know the resistance groups of the […]
Summer crop paddocks across northern New South Wales, southern Queensland and central Queensland, were surveyed to monitor the fungal and bacterial diseases present in the 2017-2018 summer cropping season. The season was unusually hot and dry, which in most cases, led to reduced fungal and bacterial diseases, but did not […]
With the summer cropping season nearing completion, growers are hoping for an above average yield of sorghum crop for the 2017/2018 summer growing season in the Northern Region. Crops looked good as of the end of January (Figure 1), but by mid-February tweets were flying and phone calls were being […]
Dry conditions across the medium and low rainfall zones in South Australia and Victoria hasn’t stopped the development of ascochyta blight in some chickpea and lentil crops. In spite of low seasonal rainfall, the frequent rainfall events during August along with heavy dews have provided suitable conditions for infection in […]
Registrations of foliar fungicides for use in cereals, canola & lupins in Western Australia were updated in April 2018. The information provided details of products with full registration or with permits for use in WA and provides further details on application rates, withholding periods and other instructions, along with how […]
