SDHI Resistance in South Australia Did 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, CCDM fungicide resistance researcher Fran Lopez-Ruiz joins Megan Jones as they discuss the situation, talking about why it happened, how to manage it, and how this can be prevented in other Australian regions. First up they talk to Central Ag...

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 results from the Barley Disease Cohort Project, where about 15 per cent of samples carried the mutation associated with fungicide resistance – CYP51A F489L – which were widespread throughout the grainbelt. First up they talk to Grass Patch farmer...

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 drier year. First up they talk to producer Ben Webb from Kojonup, WA, who has a mixed sheep and cropping enterprise, growing canola, wheat, oats, lupins, faba beans and vetches. Ben talks about his plans for the upcoming season, following on from a...

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 CCDM director Mark Gibberd once again joins Megan Jones as they discuss last season, and the strategies growers are using to manage disease. First up they talk to Geoff Thomas, DPIRD plant pathologist about his take on the 2019 season for WA growers....

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 best manage stubble in different parts of the country. First up they talk to Cassandra Schefe, research coordinator from the Riverine Plains Farming Group about their five-year research trial into retaining stubble and the effect on yield. They...

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 fungicide resistance expert Fran Lopez-Ruiz once again joins Megan Jones as they discuss how to know if you have resistance in your paddock, and what to do about it. First up they talk to Brent Pritchard, a well-known WA agronomist from Farmanco,...

Net blotch – both spot form and net form net blotch – are 2 very common barley diseases in Australia. However, in WA’s South, not only are they common, but they have also been classified as fungicide resistant to some of the Group 3 fungicides. In this episode, CCDM Director Mark Gibberd teams up with host Megan Jones as they talk to two growers from this region who are taking control of net blotch on their properties. Scott Smith, a grower from the Albany Port Zone, says he was one of...