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Crop Watch Issue 4 out now. - Rust on faba beans - Check your pulse nodules - Check for cereal cyst nematode in spring - Disease samples sought for multiple research purposes (AB & sclero in pulses & canola; NFNB & scald in barley; septoria in oats). bit.ly/3wfYLmm

Putting a fungicide out? Please check your pulse crop for #AscochytaBlight first. Im seeking AB on lentil, faba, & chickpea for GRDC projects. Samples without a recent spray are best for isolate collection. DM me for a paid return Express Post envelope Crop Watch SA

Looking forward to speaking at the Tooligie Pulse Day on 14th Sept. Pls bring along your #AscochytaBlight on lentil, faba or chickpea, & #sclerotinia on canola or pulses. They'll contribute to the SARDI isolate collection & multiple GRDC research investments Crop Watch SA

Hi SA #chickpea growers. Please see Melody's request for assistance. Alternatively if you're willing to assist, you can also DM me direct for a collection kit and paid return envelope. SARDI will isolate the pathogen and send the fungus to Melody 🦠 Crop Watch SA

Trying to decide if you need another spray this season for stripe rust? Give the Stripe Rust WM app a go, it will help calculate potential yield losses and the economics of fungicide application. agric.wa.gov.au/apps/striperus…

How do we know what rust pathotypes are present in SA? Sydney Uni's Australian Cereal Rust Survey collects this data. SA 2022 Stripe rust results are still undergoing analysis, but based on varietal responses we are suspecting multiple pathotypes. sydney.edu.au/science/our-re…

Receiving many reports of Choc Spot (CS) on PBA Bendoc beans (rated S) Current weather = optimal disease conditions, infection can progress quickly Crop Watch SA Check fungicide registered for CS, label rates, rotate fungicide groups & apply ahead of rain.

Crop Watch Issue 6 out now: - botrytis disease in lentil and faba bean - sclerotinia in lentils on EP & Adel Plains bit.ly/3Vg0dQp

Crop Watch issue #1 is now available. Blackspot Manager alerts in field pea for SA point to a highly variable risk of blackspot disease across the state. bit.ly/41MeSWj

Blackspot Manager forecasts for field pea this week experienced a technical difficulty with the weblink. You can check your current location risk here: agric.wa.gov.au/field-peas/fie…

Blackspot Manager forecast indicates most of SA is now at a low risk of blackspot disease in seedling #fieldpea sown now. A few locations still considered medium risk. For more info, go to agric.wa.gov.au/field-peas/bla… DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Crop Watch SA

SA growers, please let me know if AB in lentil is being seen across our state. So far, seems reports are mostly restricted to the YP. Crop Watch SA Let me know via DM, phone, or email. TIA.

Crop Watch Issue 2 out now - Monitor lentils for AB - Early start for cereal stubble borne diseases - SARDI seeking diseased samples of pulses, canola, barley & oats bit.ly/3rwZiAE

Crop Watch Issue 3 out now -First wheat stripe rust reports of the season bit.ly/43CxVmg

Is your canola flowering in SA? We'd love some for a #sclerotinia collection for a national GRDC @nswdpi project. If you're able to help, pls DM, email or text. We'll provide collection tubs & paid return Exp Post satchel. Mohsen Khani Crop Watch SA RT appreciated 🙏

Seeing some pink cereal heads in the paddock at this end of the season? This is likely opportunistic yeast growth from wet and humid conditions. These yeasts aren't pathogens and are acting similarly to field moulds growing on senesced plant tissue.

One for our Eyre Peninsula growers in South Australia.

Free #AFREN GRDC webinar with Tara Garrard PIRSA & Hari Agriculture Victoria on monitoring net blotch resistance to fungicides. 📆 Thu 4 April 1pm AEDT Register ▶️ bit.ly/2024-AFREN-web…

Crop Watch Issue 1 for 2024 out now 2024 Blackspot Manager alert for field pea for SA bit.ly/4b95oZs

It's with mixed emotions that today is my last day at SARDI PIRSA. Been an honour to serve the SA pulse industry for ~9 yrs in RD&E Crop Watch SA But I'm super excited to join GRDC National Variety Trials (NVT) team at end July! I look forward to serving the grains industry in my new role 🌾🌱