Hybrid, resistant super disease threatens barley

Gregor Heard
February 18 2020 - 4:00pm
Centre for Crop Disease Management fungicide resistance management leader Fran Lopez-Ruiz says farmers will have to be careful with their fungicide rotations in light of a recent mutation of net blotch.
Centre for Crop Disease Management fungicide resistance management leader Fran Lopez-Ruiz says farmers will have to be careful with their fungicide rotations in light of a recent mutation of net blotch.

IN AN ominous sign for barley producers in regions with high risk of fungal disease, authorities have confirmed the discovery of a new hybrid strain of net blotch resistant to one of the key fungicide modes of action.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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