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The current and potential costs from diseases of wheat in Australia
10.11.2010Gordon Murray and John Brennan Overall, wheat diseases have the potential to cause very significant costs for farmers. Measures to overcome those potential costs, including varietal choice, cultural practices, crop rotations and the use of fungicides
Region: National
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Factsheet
Stored Grain Pests Identification
29.09.2010In a deregulated grain market, on-farm storage is now more popular then ever before. But finding insects crawling up the sides of your grain hopper while loading a truck is frustrating and costly to manage. Regular monitoring is the first step to
Region: National, North, South, West
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Update Paper
STEM RUST IN WHEAT - AN ISSUE FOR AWARENESS AND IDENTIFICATION
29.09.2010Take home messages  Changes in world stem rust situation.  Remain vigilant for this disease.  Fungicides are registered for the control of stem rust: spray at first sign of disease but be mindful of withholding periods. 
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Update Paper
STRIPE RUST REVIEWING 2009 - PREPARING FOR 2010
29.09.2010Take home message Economic stripe rust control will be based around the following factors: • Variety choice - learning from the good, the bad and the ugly from 2009 • Delaying disease onset – can we manage green bridge uncertainty •
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Update Paper
HARVEST OPTIONS FOR CANOLA WINDROWING TIMING, DIRECT HEADING,…
28.09.2010Take Home Message • Windrowing timing can have a significant impact on yield and profitability of canola • Windrowing timing had a limited effect on oil potential in canola in these trials • Direct heading is a viable option to harvest canola
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Update Paper
EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON STRIPE RUST
28.09.2010Take home messages • Temperature dictates the rate at which stripe rust cycles in wheat leaves. • Optimum temperature range is between 12-20ºC, where stripe rust cycles quickest with a minimum cycle time between infection and pustule appearance
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Update Paper
HIGHER NITROGEN NUTRITION INCREASES THE SEVERITY OF STRIPE RUST
28.09.2010Take home message • Higher N nutrition increases the severity of stripe rust in susceptible wheat varieties. • Increased stripe rust severity does not appear related to increasing canopy size with additional N • N can affect stripe rust
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Update Paper
DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT TO IMPROVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
28.09.2010Take home message • Performance of irrigation application systems is (still) well below their potential. • For sprinkler systems, inadequate design is a significant (but not the only) cause of this poor performance. • System evaluation and
Region: North, South, West
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Update Paper
CROWN ROT - WATER INTERACTION CRITICAL TO LOSSES
24.09.2010Take home messages • Moisture stress during grain-fill is the overriding factor that dictates the level of yield loss to crown rot. • Even under high infection levels the seasonal finish can result in between 3% (no moisture stress) to 55% yield
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Update Paper
IMPACT OF PLANT POPULATION ON CROWN ROT IN DURUM WHEAT
24.09.2010Take home message • Crown rot has the ability to reduce plant establishment by up to 30% in some durum varieties. • Tiller and head numbers are reduced in the presence of crown rot. • Plant population affects the proportion of tillers retained