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Forecasting Sclerotinia Stem Rot
in Australia
Research Supervisors:
Dr Gavin Ash, Dr Gordon Murray
Research Staff:
Ms Tamrika Hind
Funding:
$105,280 (GRDC)
Duration:
1998-2000
Project Summary:
The aim of this project is to develop a
forecasting system for Sclerotinia rot in Australia. The
system will initially concentrate on forecasting in canola
and so involved a detailed study of the Canadian forecasting systems in 1998. The other
major component of the project was a detailed survey
of Sclerotinia infection of canola petals and the development of stem infection. Up to 82% of
petals were found to be infected by Sclerotinia, with
this translating to up to 30% stem infection. However,
the relationship between petal infection and stem infection is not clear and will be the subject
of experimentation in 1999.
Heavy infestation of sclerotinia stem rot
in canola.
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