Soil Borne Disease Series: Basal Plate Rot
A short video presented by Dr Len Tesoriero on the identification, causes and management of basal plate rot. ...
Farm trial design: what to consider
Trialling different management practices, technologies or varieties on-farm is a great way to 'road test' the change before implementing ...
RD&E prioritisation of soilborne diseases affecting Australian vegetable crops
Vegetable growers and their advisers have identified soilborne diseases as one of their main challenges. Soilborne diseases cost Australia’s ...
Labile carbon
Labile carbon is the carbon most readily available as a carbon and energy source to microorganisms. Read this fact sheet ...
Managing fusarium diseases in vegetable crops
Fusarium is a genus of common soilborne fungi. Most live as saprophytes on decaying plant matter while a few ...
Bulletin August 2018
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Future focus – robotics and intelligent systems in Australian vegetable production systems
Robotics and intelligent systems are used throughout various agricultural industries to control, monitor and improve farming systems. The ...
The role of soil DNA testing in managing the risk of soilborne diseases – how is it being used and what can it do?
Soilborne diseases pose a significant threat to vegetable crop health and losses. Disease pressure and prevalence is influenced ...
Sclerotinia rot of vegetable crops
Sclerotinia rot is also known as white mould, cottony rot, drop of lettuce and nesting of beans after harvest. ...
Sclerotinia rot of green beans
Sclerotinia rot, also known as white mould, is one of the major diseases of green beans in Australia. Sclerotinia ...
Bulletin July 2018
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Bulletin September 2018
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