Conferences / Workshops
2012 Canola Pathology Workshop
Session I: Incidence/severity of canola diseases (Chair: Rob Wilson)
| Trent Potter: Andrew Ware: Ravjit Khangura: Martin Barbetti: | National round up of diseases Blackleg on Eyre Peninsula – breakdown of Hyola 50 resistance Sclerotinia in WA Screening lines for resistance to Sclerotinia |
Session II: Fungal virulence and blackleg resistance genes (Chair: Wayne Burton)
| Rohan Lowe: Jacquie Batley or lab member: Harsh Raman/Dave Edwards: Angela van de Wouw/Steve Marcroft: | Genes controlling virulence in L.maculans and L.biglobosa Sequence analysis of L.maculans isolates Using molecular markers to clone blackleg resistance genes Staying Ahead of Blackleg (SABL); classifying cultivars into different resistance groups; National Disease Management Plan |
Session III: Fungicides (Chair: Martin Barbetti)
| Vicki Elliott: Geoff Robertson: Barb Howlett: | Effects of fungicides on blackleg Prosaro: a newly released foliar fungicide from Bayer Propensity for fungicide resistance to blackleg |
Session IV: Other issues (Chair: Rohan Rainbow)
| Rob Wilson/David Luckett: Frank Henry: Steve Marcroft: | Summary of breeders meeting – prioritisation of disease traits Getting the message to growers: Updating Backpocket guides on canola diseases Crop Disease app for smart phones |