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, [...]
The Victorian pulse and cereal disease guides provide the latest information on disease management and disease resistance ratings. 2023 Disease Management - Pulses There will be a high risk of disease carryover into the 2023 season from infected seed and stubble of crops that had high disease levels in 2022. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
