Crop Disease Podcast
Constantly dealing with disease outbreaks on your paddock? Sprayed a fungicide lately that just didn’t seem to work? Or perhaps trying to catch up on some agronomy while on the move? Join Megan Jones from the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) as she interviews researchers, growers and agronomists on all things crop disease from across the Australian grain growing region. The CCDM is a national research centre co-supported by Curtin University and the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
Episodes
29 episodes
2024 Seasonal Update - REVIEW: How did we go across Australia?
We’ve hit mid-October, and the season is coming to an end. So how did the season finish up in different regions of Australia? That’s where we come in. Along with CCDM Director Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three ag...
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Sclerotinia stem rot research update in lupins and canola
It’s September and its starting to warm up. In many regions across Australia, the winter has been a warm and wettish one, and in such conditions in the past, we’ve seen some significant sclerotinia outbreaks take off. So just in cas...
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Seasonal Update - What's going on across the country (late August)
It’s now late August, and what started off to be a very dry start, has either stayed dry, or become a little wetter in some regions. But how does one region, compare to another? That’s where we come in. Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibber...
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2024 Seasonal Update - what's happening in paddocks across Australia - late June
The 2024 season has begun and the crops are just starting to come out of the ground in what seems to be a bit of a slow start. But how does one region compare to another? That’s where we come in. Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join...
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Fungicide resistance - when you find out it's a big problem, what do you do?
In this episode, we've been able to dig a bit deeper into the situation of fungicide resistance in both spot form and net form net blotch in Southern WA, and work out why we are seeing such high levels of resistance to some of the Group 3 (DMI)...
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20:45
Seasonal Update on Crop Disease and Management - A review of 2023
The 2023 season is headed to an end. So what could we have done differently in hindsight? Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three advisors to find out the how the season ended up and what will they b...
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25:22
Getting better varieties and management for sclerotinia in canola
What if we told you that you can now get a canola variety with some resistance to sclerotinia stem rot? Well, maybe not right now, but it's certainly possible in the near future. At CCDM we've discovered partially resistant ...
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Introducing AAGI: the future of agriculture is data-driven
Welcome to the future of agriculture, where everything is data-driven. Traditionally, farmers use a gut-feel to make decisions, but in the future, not any more. By using multiple data sets and computational techniques to extract insights, decis...
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2023 Seasonal and national update on crop disease (late August) - what's happening where?
The 2023 season is headed towards harvest, and there’s definitely a mixed bag of some good and some not-so-good going on across the country. But what’s going on where? That’s where we come in. Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Me...
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2023 Seasonal Update on crop disease - what's happening across Australia?
The 2023 season is underway and there’s been a mixed bag of challenges already. But what’s going on where? That’s where we come in. Along with CCDM Director Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to four agronomists to find ou...
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Explaining the science behind barley resistance and a breeding company update
Variety resistance is often the first tool used by a grower to keep disease under control. But the science in this space needs to move with the changing pathogens, which are constantly mutating and getting around the crop’s defence ...
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Managing disease bonanzas and an update of fungicide resistance in Australia
In this episode, CCDM’s Fungicide Resistance expert Fran Lopez Ruiz talks about the big fungicide issues of 2022, and how to manage wheat powdery mildew with so few options available, thanks to fungicide resistance. Al...
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What's happening across Australia? A seasonal update and reflection on crop disease issues
Harvest is upon us, and as we get closer to the end of the season, crop diseases are becoming far less of a problem. What a great time to reflect on how disease management went!Along with CCDM Director Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones for ...
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A big breakthrough in lentil disease resistance and how to manage ascochyta blight
At CCDM, for the first time ever we recently discovered a gene in the fungal pathogen causing ascochyta blight that triggers disease resistance in lentils. Why is this something? Because this discovery has huge implications on the w...
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The next seasonal update from around Australia on crop and agronomy issues
We’re now getting towards the end of the 2022 season, and there’s been quite a bit of rain around the country. But with rain comes crop disease, and we’re seeing a number of disease management issues popping up everywhere. Along wit...
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21:35
Sclerotinia: how to manage a disease that has more than 400 different plant hosts
Canola - what a break crop! It can be so profitable. But no crop is perfect, and canola sure has its problems. One of them being Sclerotinia Stem Rot. In this podcast Megan Jones talks to CCDM sclerotinia researcher Dr Mark Derbysh...
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A seasonal update from around Australia on agronomy and disease issues
Are you wondering what others are up to around the country? How others are dealing with disease, pests, weeds or nutrition right now?Along with CCDM’s Fran Lopez-Ruiz, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three agronomists and a pathologist...
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Learning about agrochemicals: Prof Josh Mylne goes seeding with Clint Della Bosca
Have you ever heard of a lab-based Professor going out to the country and trying his hand at seeding?To learn more about the end-use of agrochemicals, CCDM’s Deputy Director Josh Mylne has given it a go, currently in the middle of a 12 day stint w...
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11:30
Fungicide resistance frequencies: How much blotch until a paddock is blotched?
ere at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management, we’ve been pretty good at identifying cases of fungicides resistance, and letting farmers know if they have it in the paddock. As good as this is, we’ve only been able to say if the resistant path...
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15:46
SDHI resistance in South Australia
SDHI Resistance in South AustraliaDid you hear about the fungicide resistance discovery in the Yorke Peninsula last year? Net form net blotch (NFNB) of barley was declared fungicide resistant to the SDHI fungicide fluxapyroxad. In this episode, C...
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Fungicide resistance findings from a grower cohort of the WA grainbelt
With 330 samples sent in during the 2019 season from 173 farmers, net blotch resistance in the South of the WA grainbelt is now less of a mystery.In the next Crop Disease Podcast, CCDM Director Mark Gibberd joins Megan Jones as they discuss the re...
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Preparing for 2020 following drought or a dry year
How is your 2020 season plan shaping up to be? In this episode CCDM farming systems economist Amir Abadi once again joins Megan Jones as they prepare growers for disease management in 2020, particularly for those who are coming from a drought or d...
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25:00
The top disease management strategies of 2019
The year 2019 may not have been the best for most growers around Australia, but with the ‘not so good’ growing conditions, comes a silver lining. Crop diseases held back, giving them a break from an expensive fungicide program. In this episode CCD...
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28:04
Managing stubble in different rainfall zones, and how we differ from East to West.
Harvest. It’s upon us again. But as you dust off the big machine, have you thought about how you will manage your stubble this season? In this episode CCDM’s farming systems economist Amir Abadi once again joins Megan Jones as they discuss how to ...
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How to know if you have fungicide resistance
Have you checked your crop lately and thought that last spray should have worked better? It’s possible you might have fungicide resistance. But what does fungicide resistance look like, and how can you tell you have it? In this episode CCDM’s fung...
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