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| Researcher(s) |
Kurt Lindbeck Ian Menz |
|---|---|
| Year(s) | 2020 |
| Contributor | Department of Primary Industries NSW |
| Trial location(s) |
Wagga Wagga, ACT
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| Further information | View external link |
This paper reports on the priority diseases identified in the 2020 crop surveys and highlights implications for grains producers in 2021.
• Changes in farming practices in the past 15 years have increased crop disease pressure in southern NSW.
• Annual crop surveys are important for monitoring disease incidence and severity between districts and years. They also identify emerging disease issues and provide forewarning of potential problems.
• Sclerotinia diseases were widespread in broadleaf crops across the region in 2020, especially in narrow-leaf lupin and canola crops. This will have implications in 2021 and beyond.
• Blackleg was observed in every canola crop assessed as part of the integrated disease management (IDM) crop survey.
• Canola sown into a double break scenario will potentially require pre-emptive management to minimise disease risk.
• The decision to use fungicides is not always clear and should be assessed every year, depending on your crop’s disease risk profile.
| Lead research organisation | N/A |
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| Host research organisation | N/A |
| Trial funding source | GRDC BLG206 |
| Trial funding source | DPI NSW |
| Related program | N/A |
| Acknowledgments |
This experiment was part of the ‘Integrated disease management (IDM) for broadleaf crops in southern and central NSW’ project, BLG206, a joint investment by GRDC and NSW DPI under the Grains Agronomy and Pathology Partnership (GAPP). |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Sow date | Not applicable |
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| Harvest date | Not applicable |
| Plot size | Not specified |
| Plot replication | Not specified |
| Other trial notes |
This research paper is an extract from the publication Southern NSW Research Results 2021, available at |
SILO weather estimates sourced from https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/silo/
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