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=dPC9bLSPFyo In this video, Dr. Hari Dadu from Agriculture Victoria discusses the impact of red leather leaf (caused by Neospermospora avenae) on oaten hay varieties during 2020 and provides key take-home messages. This video was recorded on November 8, 2020. All information was accurate at the time of [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttgnS9EZmNk In this video, Dr. Hari Dadu from Agriculture Victoria walks through an oat plot in a red leather leaf trial and demonstrates the symptoms of red leather leaf early in the season. This video was recorded on 11th August 2020. All information was accurate at the time [...]
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 [...]
Foliar diseases, such as red leather leaf and bacterial blight, are common in grain and hay oat crops in Victoria. Both can cause yield and quality losses during favourable seasons. Surveys have found red leather leaf (Fig. 1.) (caused by the fungus Spermospora avenae) to be most severe in the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBBTGmgI9k Red leather leaf is a common foliar disease of oats in Victoria. In this video, Dr. Mark McLean discusses the symptoms and grain yield impact from red leather leaf. This video was recorded in October 2020. More information on red leather leaf management can be found [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtctVe4JaA Red leather leaf is a common foliar disease of oats in Victoria. In this video, Dr. Mark McLean describes the symptoms of red leather leaf and demonstrates the differences between a susceptible and moderately susceptible variety. This video was recorded October 2020. More information on red [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a18ocf84oKw Bacterial blight is a common disease of oats in Victoria. In this video, Dr. Mark McLean describes the symptoms of bacterial blight in oats and how varieties are screened for resistance in a disease nursery at Horsham. This video was recorded October 2020. Transcript - 2020 Oat [...]
