Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) is an important virus disease of lentils, chickpeas and lupins in south eastern Australia.
Ascochyta blight of chickpea is caused by the fungal pathogen Ascochyta rabiei, formerly known as Phoma rabiei.
Ascochyta blight is a serious disease of Victorian lentil crops especially during high spring rainfall and prolonged wet periods.
Ascochyta leaf and pod spot is an important disease of faba beans in Victoria and South Australia.
Bacterial blight is a serious disease of field peas. Control by crop rotation, sowing time, farm hygiene, sowing disease free seed and resistant varieties.
Yellow dwarf diseases are the most important virus diseases of cereals worldwide. Hosts include wheat, barley, oats, triticale and over 150 grass species.
Blackleg, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, is the most serious disease of canola in Australia
Blackspot is a serious disease of field peas managed via an integrated approach using stubble management, rate and time of sowing, and chemical seed dressing.
Botrytis grey mould is a serious, but sporadic disease of lentil in Australia, capable of causing serious yield losses.
Brown leaf spot and root rot, both caused by the fungus Pleiochaeta setosa, are the most important diseases of lupins in Victoria.
Wheat, barley and oats are susceptible to several smut and bunt fungi.
What to look for and how to manage a range of diseases of canola.
The cereal disease guide provides an annual review of diseases affecting cereal crops in Victoria and provides growers with access to current disease resistance ratings.
Cereal cyst nematode, take-all, rhizoctonia root rot, crown rot and root lesion nematode are important cereal diseases that can cause significant yield loss.
Chocolate spot is the most important disease of faba beans in Victoria and South Australia.
Cucumber Mosaic Virus is a very damaging viral disease of lupin crops that can also infect a large range of non-cereal crops and pastures.
Downy mildew is one of the most common fungal diseases of field peas in Victoria, and often causes substantial reduction in plant numbers in cool wet seasons.
Rusts are the most important foliar diseases of wheat in Australia. In most parts of Victoria leaf rust is effectively controlled with resistant varieties.
Key management strategies for pulse growers to minimise the impact of viruses on their pulse crops.
Most of the important diseases of wheat can be effectively controlled with an integrated approach to disease management.
Net blotch is a common barley disease that can be managed via a combination of varietal selection, crop rotation and fungicides.
Phoma can be a serious disease of chickpea when soils remain wet for extended periods following sowing. It is best controlled by crop rotation.
Powdery mildew can be a serious disease of field peas grown in Victoria, particularly when warm humid conditions favour its growth late in the season.
Overview of diseases affecting the pulse crops (chickpeas, lentils, faba beans, field peas, lupins) including recent occurrences and resistant varieties.
Red leather leaf is the most common and severe foliar disease of oats in south-eastern Australia. It is common in medium to high rainfall zones.
Rust, caused by the pathogen Uromyces viciae-fabae, is a serious disease of faba beans grown in Victoria.
Symptoms, disease cycle, management of rusts of barley including leaf rust and stem rust.
Scald is a common foliar disease in Victorian barley crops as the majority of current varieties are susceptible.
Sclerotinia (white mould) is a sporadic disease of chickpea but can cause significant crop losses, particularly in the wetter regions of eastern Australia.
Many important diseases of pulses can be seed-borne. Testing seed before sowing will identify potential disease problems and reduce the disease risk.
Septoria blotch of field peas is usually a minor disease occurring sporadically in Victoria.
Septoria tritici blotch (STB) is an important stubble-borne foliar disease of wheat in Victoria.
Stem rust is an occasional but devastating disease of wheat.
Stripe rust can cause significant loss to wheat yield and grain quality, given appropriate environmental conditions and susceptible varieties
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) has the widest host range of any known plant virus and causes severe disease in lentils, chickpeas and lupins.
Turnip yellows virus is an economically important virus of canola, forage brassica and temperate pulses (chickpea, field pea and lentil).
Bean leafroll virus (BLRV) is an important virus of faba bean and field pea crops in south eastern Australia.
Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) affects temperate pulses, pasture legumes and tropical legumes.
PSbMV is an important virus of field pea crops with early infections potentially causing considerable yield loses.
Subterranean clover stunt virus (SCSV) is a serious early season disease of faba bean and other pulse crops grown in south eastern Australia.
Yellow leaf spot, also known as tan spot, has become a widespread and important disease of wheat in Victoria.
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