by AFREN | Dec 14, 2022 | lentils-ascochyta, lentils-botrytis, News, wheat-powdery-mildew, wheat-stb, wheat-stripe-rust
Harvest seed intended for keeping first and target the least disease-affected part of your crop to increase the chances the seed will be suitable for sowing. Photo: Evan Collis. Courtesy: GRDC, original article published online – Optimising seed-saving...
by AFREN | Nov 10, 2021 | News
Courtesy: GRDC Grain growers and advisers are invited to take part in a national Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN) survey to gauge awareness of fungicide resistance issues and management. Whether you consider yourself an expert, a responsible...
by Bridget Penna | 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 Bridget Penna | 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...
by AFREN | Aug 12, 2021 | Case study, Case Study Parent, nfnb case study
“A combined effort by all growers to rotate between fungicides is needed to ensure their longevity and we will need to reduce the intensity of barley rotation. We need to think beyond what we’re doing in one season.” Sam Holmes, Central Ag Solutions Common...