by DMEN | Sep 3, 2026 | canola-blackleg, canola-sclerotinia, News
Canola-on-canola plantings bring high risk of disease. Record plantings this season increase likelihood of future industry losses. In the longer term, the practice could reduce the life of canola cultivars and the fungicides developed to protect them. A leading...
by DMEN | Jun 22, 2026 | canola-blackleg, News, Paddock Practices
Consistent early rainfall has increased blackleg risk for canola. Protect yields through early disease identification and appropriate management tactics. Blackleg lesions on MR-rated cultivars sown at the Lake Bolac NVT site, Victoria, with no fungicide use. Photo:...
by DMEN | Apr 10, 2026 | News
Uncovering the motivations behind growers’ decisions on fungicide application and disease management will form a key part of a new Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) investment.The five-year, $5.7 million Disease Management Extension Network (DMEN)...
by DMEN | Sep 7, 2021 | canola case study, Case study, Case Study Parent
The Wimmera has many cereal and pulse options, which facilitates the use of good agronomic practices such as allowing three or four years between canola rotations and separating new crops from previous seasons’ stubble. These practices should help keep disease...
by DMEN | Sep 7, 2021 | canola case study, Case study, Case Study Parent
While lower Eyre Peninsula canola growers have gained new fungicides for the control of blackleg, simply replacing DMIs with repeated or high frequency use of SDHIs could encourage new resistant strains of the pathogen. Local growers and agronomists will be able to...
