Host: DPIRD Research Agronomist, Janette Pratt
Guest Speaker: DPIRD Epidemiologist, Jean Galloway

In this episode of Grains Convo we focus on blackleg in canola and blackspot in field peas.

You'll learn about the disease risk forecasts, now available on the DPIRD website, for blackleg in canola and blackspot in field peas. Risk forecasts provide a sowing guide to avoid early disease infection in seedling crops. Growers and consultants can subscribe to receive a weekly sms identifying the Blackspot disease risk for their location.

The free app, BlacklegCM, is a tool designed to assist growers and consultants to determine the probability of an economic return from fungicide management for the control of blackleg disease.

BlacklegCM accounts for the major factors that influence blackleg severity. The user can specify factors relating to paddock selection, seasonal conditions, prices and management options so that the output relates to their own cropping circumstance.

Episode Links:
Click here to see the latest Canola blackleg spore maturity forecast for Western Australia
Click here to see the current Blackspot in field peas disease forecast
Click here to see more information on BlacklegCM