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Advice & Factsheets
Pulse Seed Treatments & Foliar Fungicides (PDF)
Seed treatments and foliar fungicides are part of an overall strategy to reduce diseases in pulse crops. Best results come when these are combined with clean seed, crop rotation, paddock selection, resistant varieties, and crop hygiene. Issued 2010
Bacterial Wilt of Lucerne: Information for seed growers (.PDF)
Information about the control and management of bacterial wilt, including measures to be taken if bacterial wilt is detected on your property.
Chickpea Disease Management Strategy - Southern Region 2006 (.PDF)
Factsheet on the management of chickpea diseases, including on-farm hygiene, paddock selection and the affects of seed dressing, sowing date and rate, row spacing and use of fungicides.
Clean Green Hay: Making the image a reality (.PDF)
Information for an effective management strategy to help prevent annual ryegrass toxicity (ARGT) and produce safe high quality hay.
Flood Plain Staggers: reducing the threat (.PDF)
Advice on recognising the disease (formerly known as Stewart Rangers Syndrome), symptoms in animals and grazing strategies based on pasture assessment to minimise production losses (to stock and lambing and calving losses).
Faba Bean Disease Management Strategy for Southern Region GRDC 2004 (.PDF)
Factsheet on the management of faba bean disease, including on-farm hygiene, paddock selection and the affects of seed dressing, sowing date and rate, row spacing and used of fungicides. Updates for 2006 on bean variety disease ratings and the use of particular fungicides (.PDF) are available for the Southern Region Management Strategy.
Field Pea Disease Management Strategy for Southern & Western Regions 2003 (.PDF)
Information about the diseases that affect field peas and recommended strategies to minimise the diseases. Updated information (2006) for pea fungicides and diseases controlled (.PDF) is available.
Pulse Seed Treatments & Foliar Fungicides (.PDF)
The 4th edition of the Pulse Tech-Notes produced in May 2006 with details of seed treatments and foliar fungicides used to reduce losses due to disease in pulse crops (lupins, chickpeas, lentils, field peas and faba beans.
Managing CCN with High Value Cereals (.PDF)
SARDI Research Services advice sheet with information about cereal cyst nematode (CCN), including life cycle of CCN, crop varieties which are resistant to CCN and management and control.
