Fungicide resistance spreads to spot form of net blotch

Gregor Heard
September 22 2020 - 4:00pm
Fran Lopez Ruiz, the Centre for Crop Disease Management, says farmers need to be alert to potential spot form of net blotch resistance to SDHI fungicides.
Fran Lopez Ruiz, the Centre for Crop Disease Management, says farmers need to be alert to potential spot form of net blotch resistance to SDHI fungicides.

A YEAR after authorities first recorded the first official case of the barley fungal disease net form of net blotch (NFNB) resistant to the succinate dehydrogenase (SDHI) group of fungicides its close relative spot form of net blotch (SFNB) has also now registered resistance.

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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