RT @Sara_N_Blake: It's with mixed emotions that today is my last day at SARDI @SA_PIRSA. Been an honour to serve the SA pulse industry for….

Crop Watch Issue 1 for 2024 out now.2024 Blackspot Manager alert for field pea for SA.

RT @theGRDC: Free #AFREN @theGRDC webinar with @TaraGarrard @SA_PIRSA & @Imharidadu @VicGovAg on monitoring net blotch resistance to fungic….

RT @GRDCSouth: One for our Eyre Peninsula growers in South Australia.

Seeing some pink cereal heads in the paddock at this end of the season? This is likely opportunistic yeast growth from wet and humid conditions. These yeasts aren't pathogens and are acting similarly to field moulds growing on senesced plant tissue.

RT @Sara_N_Blake: Is your canola flowering in SA? We'd love some for a #sclerotinia collection for a national @theGRDC @nswdpi project.….

Crop Watch Issue 3 out now. -First wheat stripe rust reports of the season.

Crop Watch Issue 2 out now. - Monitor lentils for AB.- Early start for cereal stubble borne diseases.- SARDI seeking diseased samples of pulses, canola, barley & oats.

RT @Sara_N_Blake: SA growers, please let me know if AB in lentil is being seen across our state. So far, seems reports are mostly restricte….

RT @Sara_N_Blake: Blackspot Manager forecast indicates most of SA is now at a low risk of blackspot disease in seedling #fieldpea sown now.….

Blackspot Manager forecasts for field pea this week experienced a technical difficulty with the weblink. You can check your current location risk here:

Crop Watch issue #1 is now available. Blackspot Manager alerts in field pea for SA point to a highly variable risk of blackspot disease across the state.

Crop Watch Issue 6 out now:.- botrytis disease in lentil and faba bean.- sclerotinia in lentils on EP & Adel Plains.

RT @TaraGarrard: How do we know what rust pathotypes are present in SA? Sydney Uni's Australian Cereal Rust Survey collects this data. SA 2….

RT @TaraGarrard: Trying to decide if you need another spray this season for stripe rust? Give the Stripe Rust WM app a go, it will help cal….

RT @Sara_N_Blake: Receiving many reports of Choc Spot (CS) on PBA Bendoc beans (rated S). Current weather = optimal disease conditions, inf….

RT @Sara_N_Blake: Hi SA #chickpea growers. Please see Melody's request for assistance. Alternatively if you're willing to assist, you can….

RT @Sara_N_Blake: Looking forward to speaking at the Tooligie Pulse Day on 14th Sept. Pls bring along your #AscochytaBlight on lentil, fab….

RT @Sara_N_Blake: Putting a fungicide out? Please check your pulse crop for #AscochytaBlight first. Im seeking AB on lentil, faba, & chic….

Crop Watch Issue 4 out now. - Rust on faba beans.- Check your pulse nodules.- Check for cereal cyst nematode in spring.- Disease samples sought for multiple research purposes (AB & sclero in pulses & canola; NFNB & scald in barley; septoria in oats).