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    • Entomology publications and factsheets
    • Insect identification images
      • Aphids
      • Cluster caterpillar
      • Helicoverpa
      • Fall armyworm
      • Podsucking bug species
      • Mirids
      • Predatory bugs
      • Predatory beetles
        • Ladybird stages
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      • Commonly confused
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      • Presentations & Webinars
    • Insect development model (DARABUG)
    • Useful links
  • Key pests & management
    • Aphids
      • Russian wheat aphid
    • Fall armyworm
      • FAW identification
      • FAW damage
      • FAW management
        • Maize
        • Sorghum
        • Forage
      • FAW pheromone traps
      • FAW insecticide resistance surveillance
      • FAW image gallery
    • Helicoverpa
      • Helicoverpa management
      • Impact of Microplitis and ascovirus
      • Getting the most out of helicoverpa NPV
      • Helicoverpa pheromone traps
      • Insecticide resistance surveillance
      • Helicoverpa image gallery
    • Leafhoppers
    • Mirids
    • Mites
    • Podsucking bugs
    • Soil and establishment pests
    • Solenopsis mealybug
    • Sorghum midge
    • Thrips
    • Whiteflies
    • Biological control
    • Chemical control
    • Insecticide resistance
      • Helicoverpa surveillance
      • Fall armyworm surveillance
    • Monitoring for pests and beneficials
      • Pheromone traps
  • Diseases
    • Diseases by plant part affected
      • Leaf diseases
        • Ascochyta blight
        • Downy mildew
        • Halo blight
        • Leaf spots
        • Powdery mildew
        • Rust
        • Tan spot
        • Target spot
        • Viruses
          • Bean yellow mosaic virus
          • Capsicum chlorosis virus
          • Cowpea mild mottle virus
          • Subterranean clover stunt virus
          • Tobacco streak virus
          • Tomato spotted wilt virus
      • Stem diseases
        • Anthracnose
        • Ascochyta blight
        • Bacterial stalk rot
        • Charcoal rot
        • Pod and stem blight
        • Sclerotinia rots
      • Root and crown diseases
        • Charcoal rot
        • Fusarium
        • Phytophthora
        • Sclerotinia rots
        • Sclerotium blights and rots
      • Pod/panicle diseases
        • Ascochyta blight
        • Ergot
        • Gummy pod
        • Grain mould
        • Pod and stem blight
        • Phytoplasma
        • Smut
    • Diseases by crop
      • Barley
      • Chickpea
      • Faba bean
      • Mungbean
      • Peanut
      • Pigeonpea
      • Sorghum
      • Soybean
      • Sunflower
      • Wheat diseases
      • Weed hosts
    • Disease publications and factsheets
    • Submitting samples for diagnostics
  • ET Calculators
    • Helicoverpa in chickpeas
    • Helicoverpa in sorghum
    • Helicoverpa in pulses
    • Sorghum midge
    • Podsucking bugs in mungbean and soybean
    • Mirids in mungbeans
  • Trapping network
    • FAW pheromone traps
    • Helicoverpa pheromone traps

Root and crown diseases

Root and crown diseases often involve blights or rots. Initial symptoms may involve wilting or other signs of water stress.

  • Charcoal rot
  • Fusarium
  • Phytophthora
  • Sclerotinia rots
  • Sclerotium rots and blights

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Reporting and enquiries

For suspected sightings of Russian wheat aphid or faba bean aphid, contact:
Melina Miles (DPI Qld) 0407 113 306 or 
Zorica Duric (NSW DPIRD) 0409 927 226.

Send images or enquiries about fall armyworm in NSW to [email protected].

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