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Updated risk management advice for Septoria

Fungicides Sept. 29, 2020



Growers in the high rainfall zones of southern Australia have a new resource to help guide their management when it comes to the serious wheat disease Septoria tritici blotch (STB).

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Seeking grower and agronomist insights on fungicide resistance

Fungicides Herbicide & fungicide resistance July 24, 2020



A new network established by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) is seeking to understand the level of knowledge grain growers and advisers have when it comes to managing fungicide resistance. The Australian Fungicide Resistance Extension Network (AFREN) has been set up to provide growers with the information support they need to reduce the emergence and manage the impacts of fungicide resistance.

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Grower project confirms widespread fungicide resistance to net blotch in southern WA

Fungicides Herbicide & fungicide resistance Winter cropping June 22, 2020



First-year results from a unique project have confirmed fungicide resistance to both spot and net forms of net blotch in barley is widespread in southern areas of Western Australia’s grainbelt, with findings of reduced sensitivity or fungicide resistance the dominant situation.

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Advice for farmers on resistance management now available online

Fungicides Herbicide & fungicide resistance Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides Post-emergent herbicides June 13, 2020



CropLife Australia has released its updated Resistance Management Strategies for fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.

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Early-sown canola may escape blackleg

Fungicides Winter cropping May 19, 2020



Canola crops sown early in warm conditions over recent weeks may escape potentially severe blackleg disease during the growing season.

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Independent science based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance

Fungicides Herbicide & fungicide resistance Knockdown & pre-emergent herbicides Post-emergent herbicides Seed treatments & coatings Seeds Feb. 19, 2020



In an address to the inaugural international conference on the regulation of agvet chemicals and technologies at the University of New England, Chief Executive Officer of the peak industry organisation for the plant science sector, Matthew Cossey, declared that Independent science-based regulation needs defending from activist attacks and community ignorance.

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Bayer launches latest fungicide innovation, iblon technology

Fungicides Sept. 16, 2019



Bayer announced today that its latest fungicide innovation marketed under the iblon™ technology brand has received first registration worldwide from the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries.

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Commercially reared bees deliver active ingredient to protect crops

Fungicides Spring horticulture & viticulture Summer horticulture Sept. 6, 2019



Bee Vectoring Technologies International has announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) for use as a fungicide on commercial crops.

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