Australia
May 7, 2009
If herbicide resistance isn't a
big enough worry, growers now confront another menace -
fungicide resistance.
With many grain crops receiving three or more fungicide
applications a year from compounds with the same mode of action,
it's a recipe for disaster.
However, the Grains Research
and Development Corporation (GRDC) supported
Australian Centre for
Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens (ACNFP) at Murdoch University
is fighting back against the threat. And it wants your help.
ACNFP Director and GRDC Western Panel Deputy Chair, Professor
Richard Oliver, wants to hear from growers if they see fungal
diseases developing after full-rate treatment with fungicides.
He's looking for fungi from lesions or pustules on well sprayed
leaves.
Air-dried leaves with wheat yellow spot, Septoria nodorum and
barley net-blotch could be posted in paper envelopes, with
details of site, cultivar and fungicide, to Kasia Rybak, ACNFP,
Health Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, WA 6150.
Barley or wheat growers with powdery mildew should also contact
Kasia, who will send a sampling kit or arrange to visit.
For more information, contact Professor Oliver, Tel 08 9360 7404
or email
roliver@murdoch.edu.au |
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