Crown Rot Update – 2025 (Victoria)

Crown Rot Update – 2025: Dry Spring Driving Whiteheads in Victorian Cereals Whiteheads due to crown rot, caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium culmorum, have been increasingly observed in Victorian wheat crops during 2025. The dry spring across much of the Wimmera and Mallee has placed crops under moisture stress, [...]

2026-06-04T10:54:35+10:00Endemic, Endemic Cereal Diseases|

Webinar recording: Loose smut of barley 2023 update

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 [...]

2023-11-17T09:03:09+11:00Endemic, Endemic Cereal Diseases|
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