| Researcher(s) |
Nick Edwards Felicity Turner |
|---|---|
| Contact email | nandjedwards@activ8.net.au and fturner@mackillopgroup.com.au |
| Year(s) | 2015 |
| Contributor | MacKillop Farm Management Group |
| Trial location(s) |
Avenue Range, SA
Furner, SA |
To quantify the level and effects of sub-clover root disease in pastures across the south-east region of South Australia.It aims to understand the production and economic impact of root disease and, through the evaluation of chemical and cultural control
methods, establish cost-effective solutions to manage these diseases.
• Sowing late into a high disease burden may offset any benefits of varietal disease resistance or the benefits of chemical control methods (i.e. seed treatments).
• Seasonal conditions can affect the disease complexes that exist in any season (eg. the drier summers in 2014 & 2015 would be expected to cause a higher incidence of Rhizoctonia, whereas Pythium sp., Aphanomyces sp. and Phytophthora sp. are likely to be more dominant in wetter seasons).
• Varietal differences were observed in establishment and persistence, however it is yet to be determined if this was due to root disease tolerance.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
|---|---|
| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
• Nick Edwards (Project Officer) These sites form part of MLA’s Producer Research Sites Program |
| Other trial partners | Not specified |
| Crop type | Pasture: Clover |
|---|---|
| Treatment type(s) |
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| Trial type | Experimental |
| Trial design | Replicated |
| Sow date | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Harvest date | Not specified |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Sow date | varied - please see report |
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| Harvest date | varied - please see report |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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