The Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM), with investment and co-support from Curtin and GRDC, reduces the impact of crop disease for Aussie growers.
Curtin University, Bentley, WA
Joined September 2014
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Residual insects hiding in silos, augers and field bins can quickly infest newly stored grain. Clean equipment, maintain gas-tight sealable silos and pressure test before fumigation to protect grain quality and market access. #PestFactsWA @GRDCWest sbrew.link/qGeuyd82
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While in South Africa for #CAWC we presented to Stellenbosch University plant pathology group and students on @COGGO blackleg/Sclerotinia co-infection project and @theGRDC red rice inoculum methodology. Similar issues everywhere. @theCCDM @CurtinEandA
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Join pathologists from @DPIRDWA @theCCDM @far_australia @Steve_Marcroft at this disease ID / mgmt workshop in Esperance.
Part of the GRDC Disease Management Extension Network for growers, agronomists, advisers, consultants. Places limited – register ▶️ bit.ly/44voW9f
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Join pathologists from @DPIRDWA and @theCCDM at this disease ID / management workshop in Perth. Part of @theGRDC Disease Management Extension Network, open to growers, agronomists, advisers, consultants. Places limited – register now ▶️ bit.ly/44s03LE
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Recent rainfall across WA has favoured barley net blotch development. Spot-form net blotch detected near Northam and Wongan Hills and net-form net blotch observed at Tenterden, Kendenup and South Stirling. #PestFactsWA @GRDCWest
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Join pathologists from @DPIRDWA and @theCCDM at this disease ID/management workshop in Perth. Part of @theGRDC Disease Management Extension Network, open to growers, agronomists, advisers & consultants. Places limited – register now: DiseaseManagementExtensionNe…
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Join pathologists from @DPIRDWA @theCCDM @far_australia @Steve_Marcroft at disease ID/mngmnt workshop in Esperance. Part of @theGRDC Disease Management Extension Network, open to growers, agronomists, advisers, consultants. Places limited, register now: DiseaseManagementExtensionNe…
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Curtin study finds soils can naturally suppress major crop diseases, via @EurekAlert! @curtinuni @theGRDC @GRDCWest @theCCDM @CurtinEandA eurekalert.org/news-releases…
#Sclerotinia #canola #pulse #sustainableagriculture
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Early signs of reduced fungicide performance in barley loose smut have been detected in key grain growing regions across Australia. While there's no cause for alarm, growers are reminded to remain proactive in disease management ▶️ bit.ly/3SqnoL1
@theCCDM @CurtinUni @nswagriculture @DPIRDbroadacre Qld Agriculture @unisqaus
#GroundCoverOnline #Barley #LooseSmut #CropProtection
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Genetic resources identified by the @theCCDM are estimated to save #canola growers tens of millions of $$ through its underlying research for the development of #sclerotinia resistant varieties, anticipated to be ready from 2030 ▶️ bit.ly/4uTLgEi
#GroundCoverOnline
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Barley leaf spotting is tricky to diagnose because physiological stress, herbicide damage & fungal diseases can look very similar. Correct ID matters to allow appropriate management & avoid unnecessary fungicide use. Learn more in #PestFactsWA. @GRDCWest sbrew.link/v4w2gGrq
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🐁 Use these mouse chew cards to measure mouse numbers within the crop when food is scarce. They are less reliable as crops mature and the crop becomes more attractive to mice than the chew card.
Instructions & download ▶️ bit.ly/4dSRNbO
#GRDC #MouseManagement #ChewCards
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APPS Seminar Series — Feel free to join! @Plant_Pathogens
👉 A session for anyone interested in plant pathology, microbiomes, and environmental monitoring.
🔗Meeting room: us06web.zoom.us/j/8739556573 (ID: 873 955 6573)
🔗 More information about the series:
appsnet.au/seminars/index.ph…
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Dual-purpose #canola has profited Australian mixed farmers by more than $1.6 billion over the past 19 years, with the benefits estimated to increase by $200 million annually ▶️ bit.ly/4dRCyQv
#GroundCoverOnline #Canola #DualPurposeCrops @CSIRO
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Some great work with exciting potential presented by my former PhD student @CuongVHan during his PhD.
Healthy soil could be one of agriculture’s best defences against crop disease.
#PlantPathology #PlantProtection #PlantHealth #SoilHealth #Microbiomes #SustainableAgriculture
Read more: curtin.edu.au/news/media-rel…
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Healthy soil could be one of agriculture’s best defences against crop disease.
#PlantPathology #PlantProtection #PlantHealth #SoilHealth #Microbiomes #SustainableAgriculture
Read more: curtin.edu.au/news/media-rel…
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Chairing a discussion session with Dr Louise McNamara on the impact of pesticide usage on Wednesday #IWCBologna2026. Our panellists are ready to go! @WheatInitiative
@nichola_hawkins
Toby Bruce
@danielleybourne
Francesco Vidotto
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Free guide to options for management of winter spring pests in WA grain crops.
Our 2026 Winter Spring Insecticide Guide is now available & can be downloaded for free. This guide lists the latest registered chemicals & rates that can be applied to canola, cereal & legume crops for controlling broadacre insect pests #PestFactsWA
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Barley scald can be confused with spray damage eg. prosulfocarb vs scald. Look at size & shape of lesions (ragged diamonds) & colour - early ones really do look like the leaf is scalded before fading to pale with a margin. Can form hotspots in the crop @DPIRDbroadacre @SEPWA_ag
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We're monitoring green peach aphid (GPA) & testing aphids for turnip yellows virus (TuYV) across the WA grainbelt. GPA found at Northam (TuYV‑negative) & Dalyup (testing underway). TuYV detected in another aphid species at Woogenellup #PestFactsWA
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