Crop Disease Podcast

We’ve hit mid-October, and the season is coming to an end. So how did the season finish up in different regions of Australia? That’s where we come in. 

Along with CCDM Director Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three agronomists to find out the current issues of the season and what they would have done differently if they could do the season again. We'll hear from:

• Rohan Brill, Brill Ag, Riverina Region, NSW, o...

It’s September and its starting to warm up. In many regions across Australia, the winter has been a warm and wettish one, and in such conditions in the past, we’ve seen some significant sclerotinia outbreaks take off. 

So just in case an outbreak happens this season, lets talk about the options now. 

Join CCDM's Megan Jones as she interviews CCDM researchers Sarita Bennett and Pippa Michael on the latest in sclerotinia in lupins...

It’s now late August, and what started off to be a very dry start, has either stayed dry, or become a little wetter in some regions. But how does one region, compare to another? That’s where we come in. 

Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three agronomists in late August to find out the current issues of the season and the next management strategy to think about. We'll hear from:

• James Bee, Eld...

The 2024 season has begun and the crops are just starting to come out of the ground in what seems to be a bit of a slow start. But how does one region compare to another? That’s where we come in. 

Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three agronomists in late June to find out the current issues of the season and the next management strategy to think about. We'll hear from:

• Rohan Brill, Brill Ag, ...

In this episode, we've been able to dig a bit deeper into the situation of fungicide resistance in both spot form and net form net blotch in Southern WA, and work out why we are seeing such high levels of resistance to some of the Group 3 (DMI) fungicides in this region.

CCDM's fungicide resistance expert Fran Lopez-Ruiz joins Megan Jones to explain why there is fungicide resistance in nearly every net blotch sa...

The 2023 season is headed to an end. So what could we have done differently in hindsight?  

Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three advisors to find out the how the season ended up and what will they be recommending for 2024. We'll hear from:

• Monica Field, Farm and General, Esperance, on the challenges of the 2023 season, with plans to increase diversity in varieties as well as rotation going ...

What if we told you that you can now get a canola variety with some resistance to sclerotinia stem rot? Well, maybe not right now, but it's certainly possible in the near future. 

At CCDM  we've discovered partially resistant germplasm in canola, and in this podcast, CCDM canola disease researchers Dr Mark Derbyshire and Dr Lars Kamphuis will be giving some hope to canola growers battling with sclerotinia.
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Welcome to the future of agriculture, where everything is data-driven. Traditionally, farmers use a gut-feel to make decisions, but in the future, not any more. By using multiple data sets and computational techniques to extract insights, decision making just got a whole lot easier. 

The Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI) was recently launched in August, and in this special edition of the Crop Disease Podcast, join ...

The 2023 season is headed towards harvest, and there’s definitely a mixed bag of some good and some not-so-good going on across the country. But what’s going on where? That’s where we come in. 

Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to four agronomists/advisors in late August to find out the current issues of the season and the next management strategy to think about. We'll hear from:

• Tessa Dimond, AG...

The 2023 season is underway and there’s been a mixed bag of challenges already. But what’s going on where? That’s where we come in. 

Along with CCDM Director Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to four agronomists to find out the current issues of the season and the next management strategy to think about. We'll hear from:

• Tessa Dimond, AGnVET, St George, QLD, on the dry start so far and the importance of rotation a...

Variety resistance is often the first tool used by a grower to keep disease under control. 

But the science in this space needs to move with the changing pathogens, which are constantly mutating and getting around the crop’s defence system and, before long, we’re looking for the next more resistant crop to come from a breeding program. 

In this episode, hear from CCDM's barley disease researcher Simon Ellwood as he dis...

In this episode, CCDM’s Fungicide Resistance expert Fran Lopez Ruiz talks about the big fungicide issues of 2022, and how to manage wheat powdery mildew with so few options available, thanks to fungicide resistance. 

Also on the show, Greg Condon from Grassroots Agronomy and WeedSmart talks about the big disease challenges in the NSW and Victorian regions in such a tricky year.

For growers or agronomists wanting more information on h...

Harvest is upon us, and as we get closer to the end of the season, crop diseases are becoming far less of a problem. What a great time to reflect on how disease management went!

Along with CCDM Director Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones for the third time this season as she speaks to three agronomists and a pathologist from various grain growing regions on how they think the season went, and what could have been done better. We’ll hear...

At CCDM, for the first time ever we recently discovered a gene in the fungal pathogen causing ascochyta blight that triggers disease resistance in lentils. 

Why is this something? Because this discovery has huge implications on the way growers will select their lentil varieties for maximum resistance in the near future. In this episode, CCDM researchers Lars Kamphuis and Bernadette Henares will tell us all about it. 

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We’re now getting towards the end of the 2022 season, and there’s been quite a bit of rain around the country. But with rain comes crop disease, and we’re seeing a number of disease management issues popping up everywhere. 

Along with CCDM’s Mark Gibberd, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three agronomists and a pathologist, to find out the current issues of the season and the next management strategy to think about. We'll hear...

Canola - what a break crop! It can be so profitable. But no crop is perfect, and canola sure has its problems. One of them being Sclerotinia Stem Rot. 

In this podcast Megan Jones talks to CCDM sclerotinia researcher Dr Mark Derbyshire on his latest published research that confirms the pathogen causing sclerotina has the ability to infect more than 400 different plants. Mark talks about why this is not such a bad thing...

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Are you wondering what others are up to around the country? How others are dealing with disease, pests, weeds or nutrition right now?

Along with CCDM’s Fran Lopez-Ruiz, join Megan Jones as she speaks to three agronomists and a pathologist, to find out the current issues of the season and the next management strategy to think about. We'll hear from:

• Dan Talyor, DKT Rural Agencies, Central Wheatbelt, WA about powdery mildew in...