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. Geoff talks about the way growers are increasingly becoming more tactical when managing disease. They also talk to Nick Poole, FAR Australia managing director, who discusses the high rainfall zones of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, and how growers are seeing a resurgence in septoria tritici blotch. Nick also talks about the difficulties in managing this disease. Finally, Mark ends the podcast with summarising the top 4 strategies for 2019: resistant varieties, crop rotation, fungicide timing, and fungicide rotation. This podcast can be listened to on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spodify, Tune in, Pocketcasts and more, just search “Crop Disease Podcast”.