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Crop disease forecast

Weekly crop disease risk forecast will be resuming again from April 2010 and greenness prediction will start from February 2010.

From an understanding of the biology of key plant pathogenic fungi it is possible to estimate the risks associated with particular diseases in key crops in Western Australia. Research undertaken by the Department has been used to develop tools to allow risk assessments to be made in the lead up to the cropping season. The information developed from these tools has been summarised on the linked pages below.

Current forecast:

• Cereal rust - (28th May 2009)
• Greenness and green bridge (7th June 2009)
• Blackspot management guide for field pea
• Canola blackleg - (25th June 2009)
• Lupin cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) - CMV risk forecast
• Cereal barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) - BYDV risk
• Lupin bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) - current forecast
• Canola beet western yellows virus (BWYV) - current forecast
• Lupin anthracnose - current forecast

Western Australia - blackspot management guide

     Time of sowing guide summary for field pea growers (3rd July 2009)

     Detailed information on blackspot maturity Western Australia (30th June 2009)

South Australia - blackspot management guide

Key locations throughout South Australia (15th June 2009)

Interpretation of SA field pea blackspot risk analysis

Additional information:

• Crop Diseases in Western Australia - Publications
• Cereal foliar fungicides registered for use on cereals in Western Australia
• Cereal Seed Dressing and In-furrow Fungicides registered for use on cereals in Western Australia

Site designed, developed and maintained on behalf of GRDC project
Managing disease constraints in Western Region farming systems,
by Kawsar Salam
ph: (08) 9690 2216; fax (08) 9622 1902
email: kawsar.salam@agric.wa.gov.au

Page updated: 5 Nov 2009