Stripe rust insights from a high-pressure year

Wheat growers in the northern grain growing region are currently experiencing one of the worst stripe rust epidemics in recent memory.

To help growers tackle the challenging season, Grain Orana Alliance (GOA) have been conducting trials to provide a stripe rust early warning system for the central north region of the New South Wales cropping belt. The trials, supported by GRDC, are focused on identifying and communicating local dominant stripe rust pathogens to help growers and advisers make management decisions without the time delay of individual paddock sampling and pathotyping analysis.

In this podcast, GOA CEO Maurie Street analyses how the season has played out for stripe rust so far, and shares the insights that have come out of early warning system trials in such a high-pressure year.

Contact

Maurue Street – Grain Orana Alliance (GOA)
maurie.street@grainorana.com.au

More information

• GRDC Ground Cover - New stripe rust trials to create early warning network for northern growers
• Grain Orana Alliance – trial results