Host: DPIRD Research Agronomist, Cindy Webster
Guest Speakers: DPIRD Research Scientists and Plant Pathologists, Geoff Thomas and Dr Kylie Chambers.
In this episode of Grains Convo we discuss oat diseases in WA - particularly Red leather leaf (RLL) and oat leaf rust.
Plant pathologist Geoff Thomas summarises the main oat diseases found by DPIRD when conducting widespread surveillance of WA cereal crops over the past few years.
The presence of RLL in WA was only recently confirmed from three oat samples from Pingelly, Narrogin and Piesseville that were collected in 2021 as part of general disease surveillance. DPIRD is surveying for RLL this season and growers and consultants can submit suspected RLL samples to DPIRD
Plant pathologist Dr Kylie Chambers discusses oat leaf rust and its impact on grain and hay yield and quality and management recommendations – based on 2020 and 2021 trial findings.
Episode Links:
Click here to read more about Red leather leaf in WA.
Click here for more information about 2020 Plant diseases impacting oaten hay production in Australia
Growers and consultant can submit oat disease reports, or request diagnoses, by using DPIRD’s PestFacts WA Reporter app.
