Soilborne Diseases Initiative Field Walk – Toowoomba

This free field day at Wellcamp Research Facility will cover:

• Crown rot resistance and tolerance trials
• Using crop sequences to manage root-lesion nematodes
• Inspect National Variety Trials: crown rot, root-lesion nematodes and leaf rust
• New sources of resistance: cereals for crown rot; wheat and chickpea for root-lesion nematodes
• An update on mungbean root-lesion nematode yield loss trials
• New ways to assess crop tolerance to root-lesion nematodes
• Rust diseases of wheat and barley with a focus on leaf rust.

For more information, visit the GRDC website.