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The afternoon of 7 February 2012 at Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga, followed by dinner.
The NSW/ACT Division of Ag Institute Australia will be holding a symposium on Blackleg of Canola on Tuesday 7 February 2012 at CSU Wagga.
Blackleg breakthroughs 2012 - Media Release
Blackleg is a devasting disease of conola but if it is contained, canola can continue to be a mainstay crop in mixed farming systems in southern New South Wales. A conference on February 7, 2012 will discuss exciting and new research findings that will reduce blackleg impacts.
The conference being organised by Ag Institute Australia and the EH Graham Centre, will be held at the Convention Centre, Charles Sturt University with researchers discussing breeding resistance and the use of fungicides for integrated pest management (IPM).
Reseachers at The University of Melbourne and Marcroft Grains Pathology, Horsham, Victoria, have identified different blackleg groups with spores that attack different canola varieties. The risk of severe disease increases when a canola variety is grown within half a kilometre of canola stubble that is infected with the same blackleg group. Dr's Angela van de Wouw and Steve Marcroft will explain the importance of rotating canola varieties with resistance to different blackleg groups for disease control and increased yields.
This work supports the development of seedling and adult resistance using genetic markers by molecular biologist Dr Harsh Raman and his team, Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
"The conference will be essential for all agronomists whose clients are planning to grow canola in the 2012 season," said Conference organiser Dr John Angus.
"It will educate agribusiness about blackleg groups,rotating canola varieties and how these strategies fit with existing control methods."
"It is good timing for these results with the record amount of canola grown in 2011, and the likelihood of even more in 2012 if sowing conditions are favourable. But with the combination of 2011 and 2012 crops it is becoming difficult to find paddocks that are far enough away from infected stubble," explained Dr Angus.
"Holding the conference in February will give canola growers time to consider their seed selection. The conference will discuss other methods of blackleg control that are known to work in southern NSW and how these can be combined with the new strategies of rotating varieties. It will also discuss control with fungicides, include a possible new chemical, and how fungicide-resistance can be managed."
Media Release 12th December 2011
Seminar and Dinner
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Blackleg Breakthroughs Program (58 KB)
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Established in 2005, the EH Graham Centre is a strategic research alliance between Charles Sturt University (CSU) and the NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI). The Centre's vision is to be the Australian Centre of Excellence (national 'go to' centre or hub) for temperate mixed farming systems, addressing the challenges of food security, biosecurity and adaptation to climate change. Improved collaboration between CSU and NSW DPI aims to provide a better RD&E product and investment proposition for all stakeholds through first class research, graduate trainign and greater impacts on industry.
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