Published - 9 November 2023 By Field Crop Diseases Victoria Webinar recording: Loose smut of barley 2023 update Barley loose smut has been widely reported across the Mallee and Wimmera this season. Affected plants are found with black heads which disperse spores and … Read More Barley, Cereal diseases, Cereals, Loose smut, Statewide Endemic, Endemic Cereal Diseases
Published - 6 October 2023 By Field Crop Diseases Victoria CropAlert – Crop Disease Updates CropAlerts provide timely information for crop diseases to Victorian growers and agronomists. Alerts are sent out via email during the cropping season. To receive these … Read More ascochyta blight, Barley, canola, Cereals, chickpea, CropAlert, disease guides, Fungicide, Green bridge, Lentil, lupin, Oats, Pulses, Statewide, stripe rust, vetch, wheat, Wimmera Endemic, Endemic Cereal Diseases, Endemic Oilseed Diseases, Endemic Pulse Diseases
Published - 25 September 2023 By Luise Fanning (Agriculture Victoria) Loose smut in Victorian barley crops: Spring 2023 Have you seen similar symptoms in your crop this year? Chances are you have barley loose smut in your crop. Barley loose smut has been widely … Read More Barley, Loose smut, Statewide Endemic, Endemic Cereal Diseases
Published - 14 February 2023 By Luise Fanning (Agriculture Victoria) Episode 2: The risk of stripe rust in 2023 Welcome to another episode of the Field Crop Diseases Victoria podcast series. In episode two, Luise caught up with Grant Hollaway to talk about the risk … Read More Podcast, Statewide, stripe rust Endemic, Endemic Cereal Diseases
Published - 15 December 2022 By Luise Fanning (Agriculture Victoria) Disease carryover between seasons – Managing seed and hay affected by fungi The 2022 growing season has provided a range of challenges for growers and these will continue to have an impact into 2023. Crops that have … Read More quality, seed quality, Statewide Endemic, Endemic Oilseed Diseases, Endemic Pulse Diseases, Uncategorized
Published - 30 August 2021 By Joshua Fanning (Agriculture Victoria) Screening Lentils for Botrytis Grey Mould In this video Dr Joshua Fanning describes how the lentil botrytis grey mould nursery in Horsham helps growers manage the disease and the impact that … Read More BGM, botrytis grey mould, Lentil, Statewide Endemic, Endemic Pulse Diseases
Published - 9 November 2020 By Jemma Pearl (Agriculture Victoria) Fall Armyworm (Spodpetera frugiperda) Spodopetera frugiperda, better known as Fall armyworm (FAW), is native to the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the Americas and can be devastating to crops. … Read More Beet armyworm, Common armyworm, Corn earworm, Fall armyworm, Heeliothis, Inland armyworm, Lesser armyworm, Native budworm, Southern armyworm, Tomato grub Exotic, Exotic Cereal Diseases, Exotic Oilseed Diseases, Exotic Pulse Diseases
Published - 13 August 2020 By Jon Baker and Joshua Fanning (Agriculture Victoria) Soil-borne diseases in Victorian Pulse and Oilseed crops Soil-borne diseases are of increasing importance in pulse and oilseed crops. During 2019, a survey of 67 crops by Agriculture Victoria showed severe root damage … Read More Mallee, Soil-borne disease, Statewide, Wimmera Endemic, Endemic Oilseed Diseases, Endemic Pulse Diseases
