The Victorian pulse and cereal disease guides provide the latest information on disease management and disease resistance ratings.
2021 Disease Management – Pulses
There will be disease carryover into 2021 following high disease levels in 2020 crops. A proactive disease management strategy will reduce the risk of pulse diseases causing yield losses during 2021 and should include:
- Avoiding planting the crops into or adjacent to paddocks where there is the same stubble present from 2020
- Selecting resistant varieties where possible
- A fungicide management plan.
Summer rainfall during 2020/21 resulted in greater weed burdens and potentially more soil-borne disease. A PREDICTA®B test will identify paddocks at risk of many important soil-borne diseases.
For more information and to download the Victorian Pulse Disease Guide 2021.
2021 Disease Management – Cereals
Cereal diseases will need proactive management during 2021 as there will be disease carry over on both volunteer cereals growing over summer and stubble. During summer, the wetter conditions have increased the risk posed by rust and aphid spread viruses due to the green bridge.
Soil-borne diseases are a risk to cereals and testing before sowing (PREDICTA B®) allows paddocks at risk to be identified and less susceptible crops/varieties sown.
For more information and to download the Victorian Cereal Disease Guide 2021.
Further information
- Listen to our podcast, Episode 1:2020 in review and looking at the year ahead to hear from Grant Hollaway (Senior Plant Pathologist – Field Crops, Agriculture Victoria), Josh Fanning (Research Scientist – Pulse Pathology, Agriculture Victoria) and Steve Marcroft (Marcroft Grains Pathology) on disease in 2020 and their thoughts on what growers should be thinking about for 2021
- For more information on current varieties of major winter crops grown in Victoria – 2021 Victorian Crop Sowing Guide.
- For more assistance with the Identification and Management of Field Crop Diseases in Victoria.
