The 2026 disease guides for Victoria provide Victorian growers and advisers with current information on field crop diseases in cereals and pulses, including disease management advice, resistance ratings and fungicide resistance considerations for the coming season. Due to the below average rainfall during 2025, there is a reduced potential for disease to [...]
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 reported across the Mallee and Wimmera this season. Affected plants are found with black heads which disperse spores and appear to ‘disintegrate’. Higher than [...]
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 alerts please contact [email protected] Current and historical CropAlerts can be accessed on this page. CropAlerts 2025 2024 2023 [...]
The following papers were presented at the GRDC Updates in Bendigo in February 2021. This article includes a summary of key points from each paper, click on the title to find the full text. Cereal disease update 2021 Authors: Mark McLean, Grant Hollaway and Hari Dadu (Agriculture Victoria), Robert Park [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFjVng55NUU 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 appear to ‘disintegrate’. This webinar provided an update on the current loose smut situation in Victorian and West Australian barley crops and [...]
This webinar is to provide an update on the current loose smut situation in Victorian and West Australian barley crops and what the best management strategies are for 2024. Join Andrea Hill (DPIRD), Hari Dadu (AgVic), and Geoff Thomas (DPIRD) as they provide the latest information about loose smut, particularly [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiGGHobsaQk Spot form of net blotch is a common disease of barley in Victoria. In this video, Dr. Mark McLean describes how barley varieties are assessed in the Horsham Agriculture Victoria disease nursery and how this information can be used to improve barley varieties for growers. More [...]
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 [...]
