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| Researcher(s) |
Audrey Leo (NSW DPI) Kurt Lindbeck (NSW DPI) Gerard O'Connor (NSW DPI) Beverley Orchard (NSW DPI) |
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| Year(s) | 2017 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Alma park, NSW
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| Further information | View external link |
This study was undertaken to determine the optimal timing for fungicide application during the growing season to reduce Sclerotinia development.
• Sclerotinia stem rot levels were reduced with a single foliar fungicide applied at 10% and 30%, and multiple applications at the 30% and 50% bloom stages.
• Multiple applications at the 30% and 50% bloom stages had the most significant effect in reducing disease.
• Significant yield benefits were measured when multiple fungicide applications were applied during the growing season.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC UM0051 |
| Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This study is part of the ‘National Canola Pathology Project’, UM0051, 2013–18, with joint investment by GRDC and NSW DPI. |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Oilseed: Canola |
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| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Not applicable |
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| Harvest date | Not applicable |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Fungicide |
Prosaro® 420 SC (450 mL/ha) was applied at nine different timings according to specific growth stages (% bloom), and the combination of growth stages and rainfall events (% bloom– strategic). Single fungicide treatments were applied at 10%, 30%, 50%, and above 50% (late fungicide application – LFA) bloom stages. A multiple fungicide treatment was applied at both 30% plus 50% bloom stages. Strategic treatments were applied before rainfall events at growth stages 10%, 30% and 50% bloom stages. A single 48-hour treatment was included based upon estimating a prolonged period of wet weather given the available forecasts. Nil treatment |
| Seed treatment | Seed was treated with Jockey® and sown with Impact In-Furrow®-treated fertiliser. |
| Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2017, available at |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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