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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.

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Sclerotinia stem rot research update in lupins and canola

September 12, 2024 • CCDM

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 case an outbreak happens this season, lets talk about the options now.

Join CCDM's Megan Jones as she interviews CCDM researchers Sarita Bennett and Pippa Michael on the latest in sclerotinia in lupins research, and management strategies for both canola and lupins.

Also on the show is Peter Bostock, who is the technical support manager for WA and SA with Pioneer Seeds. Peter talks about the latest in canola disease resistance and management advice.

The episode includes interesting discussion around the difficulty in breeding for both disease resistance and yield in crops. A paper that was recently published by CCDM's Mark Derbyshire in collaboration with UWA was mentioned - check it out here.