The grape and wine industry says there is no evidence of spread of red blotch virus to vineyards or nurseries Biosecurity authorities are undertaking further testing The virus has potentially been in ...

Early-drilled spring barley, particularly with untreated seed, may require an early fungicide spray to counter increased net blotch pressure. ProCam agronomist Alistair Gordon warns net blotch has ...

French field trials suggest the strobilurin fungicide, pyraclostrobin, is unaffected by the most commonly found mutation in the barley disease net blotch. But that doesn’t appear to hold true for all ...

The disease net blotch is expected to be at damaging levels in Western Australian barley crops this year, particularly in high rainfall southern areas. However growers can reduce the risks by adopting ...