Tools

BlacklegCM

BlacklegCM is a tool designed to assist growers and consultants to determine the best and most profitable management strategy to reduce blackleg disease and increase profits.

Blackspot in field peas can occur in three ways; from infected seed, through the soil or most commonly, through infected pea stubble.

The DPIRD blackleg forecast model predicts the dates of spore maturation on canola stubble. Spore showers will commence soon after the spores are mature in the fruiting bodies.