Exotic

Welcome to the first episode of the new Field Crop Diseases Victoria podcast series. We hope you enjoy. In episode one, Jemma Pearl caught up with Steve Marcroft, Grant Hollaway and Josh Fanning to talk about disease in 2020 and their thoughts on what growers should be thinking about for […]

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. The larvae of Fall armyworm have a large host range including maize, pulses, sorghum, soybean, winter cereals, peanuts, sunflowers, sugar cane, cotton, watermelon and rockmelon. […]

Agriculture Victoria varied its Lupin Anthracnose entry conditions which came into force at 12:00am on 15 July 2020. Lupin anthracnose is a fungal disease caused by Colletotrichum lupini (Nirenberg et al 2001) which infects all above ground parts of lupin plants and is a highly destructive disease of lupins. The […]

Exotic pests and diseases are those not yet found in Victoria and if they do gain entry, will pose a significant threat to Victoria’s cropping industry, valued at over $1.8 billion (ABARES 2014-2015). Many will also prevent access to our important overseas markets. Preventing pests and diseases from gaining a […]

The following papers were presented at the GRDC Updates in Bendigo in February 2020. This article includes a summary of key points from each paper, click on the title to find the full text. Cereal Disease Update 2020 Authors: Grant Hollaway and Mark McLean (Agriculture Victoria, Horsham), Hugh Wallwork (South […]