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.
Crop Disease Podcast
Managing sclerotinia on canola
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CCDM
Sclerotinia, one of the most talked about crop diseases, continues to challenge canola growers. Join CCDM's Megan Jones and sclerotinia expert Sarita Bennett as we discuss how to get on top of this difficult disease for the coming growing season. We chat with WA Consultant David Pfeiffer from Synergy Consulting and get his perspective on how to manage the disease with the limited tools available including fungicide management.We also chat with pulse and oilseed pathologist Kurt Lindbeck from NSW DPI, who sheds light on some research on what growers can do going forward into this season, given sclerotes can survive for up to 10 years in the soil.Through a collaboration with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, CCDM researchers are investigating how germplasm from the more resistant global canola lines can be adapted to Australian canola populations. Read more about this here: https://groundcover.grdc.com.au/story/6135108/search-finds-partial-resistance-to-sclerotinia-stem-rot-in-canola/Sclerotinia is highly dependent on the season, and monitoring your canola crop is essential for its control. In this podcast Sarita mentions SclerotiniaCM - a new app by DPIRD that uses a forecasting model to assist canola growers with fungicide application decisions. Read more about this here: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/apps/sclerotinacm-sclerotinia-management-app