Record canola-on-canola plantings put sector at risk

A LEADING Australian pathologist is warning grain growers that record rates of back-to-back canola plantings this season could significantly increase the risk of difficult-to-control diseases such as blackleg, sclerotinia and alternaria and threaten crops across whole regions.

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Record canola-on-canola plantings put sector at risk
CANOLA RISK... Researcher Dr Angela Van de Wouw says planting canola-on-canola multiplies the risk of industry-wide disease outbreaks, fungicide resistance and accelerates the breakdown of cultivar resistance. PHOTO: Melissa Marino, GRDC.

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